WASHINGTON – The US intelligence community is considering the possibility that three mysterious unidentified objects shot down by US fighter jets were tied to a commercial or otherwise benign purpose, the White House said on Tuesday (Feb 14). John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, told reporters that the US still had no firm grasp on the origin of...
FBI special agents, onboard the USS Carter Hall off South Carolina, who are assigned to process material recovered from the Chinese balloon shot down by a US military jet, in this image released by the FBI on February 9, 2023.WASHINGTON – The US intelligence community is considering the possibility that three mysterious unidentified objects shot down by US fighter jets were tied to a commercial or otherwise benign purpose, the White House said on Tuesday .
He said more would be known if and when the debris can be collected, but that the parts are in hard-to-reach areas – two in the frozen north and one in Lake Huron. Kirby said the debris was proving difficult to recover.
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