US-China tensions rise over spy programs amid UFO investigations
US agencies are still investigating the origins of the three mysterious objects that US fighter jets shot down between Friday and Sunday on orders from Mr Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Debris recovery efforts are underway at the sites in Alaska, Canada’s Yukon Territory and on the Canadian side of Lake Huron, Kirby said.
What we consider before using anonymous sources. Do the sources know the information? What is their motivation for telling us? Have they proven themselves in the past? Can we corroborate the information? Even with those questions answered, the Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. The journalist and at least one editor know the identity of the source.
The three objects posed no danger to people on the ground, sent no communication signals, had no people inside, and had no maneuvering or propulsion capabilities, he said. he declares. They flew at altitudes between 20,000ft and 40,000ft, much lower than the Chinese spy balloon, and posed a potential risk to civilian air traffic, Kirby added.
The objects appeared to be pushed by the winds, which carried them from west to east, he said.
The object shot down over Lake Huron after entering Michigan had an octagonal structure with hanging ropes but had no visible payload, US officials said. They were careful not to call any of the three recent objects “balloons”.
The Biden administration said last week that China sent surveillance balloons over more than 40 countries on five continents, violating their sovereignty.
A suspected high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon flew near sensitive US military installations in the Middle East last fall, but stayed far enough offshore that US officials did not consider it a threat and did not While transiting the region, a senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss operational details, said Monday.
The balloon originated in or near China and traveled west towards the Middle East – the opposite direction of the prevailing winds and the route taken by the spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean – suggesting that the machine had its own source of propulsion, the official said.
Military officials in Asia tracked the balloon until it moved west into Middle Eastern airspace, where they handed over monitoring duties to military colleagues there, said the manager.
Ny
