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US Seeks to Deflate Chinese Balloon Worries

The White House sought Tuesday to take the air out of an escalating diplomatic crisis with Beijing, saying that preliminary evidence suggests three unidentified aerial objects shot down by US jets were not involved in a broader Chinese spy balloon program. The United States has been in a state of…

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China blasts US over response to Chinese balloon incursion

The foreign affairs committee of China's ceremonial parliament is accusing American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the United States passed a measure condemning a suspected Chinese spy balloon's intrusion into U.S. airspace

The Independent UK

China threatens U.S. entities over the downing of suspected spy balloon

China insists the balloon was used for weather data. ‘The balloon to me is not an isolated incident,’ said Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan.

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Spy balloon – live: Biden says ‘nothing suggests’ three shot-down objects tied to China

US president makes ‘no apologies’ for shooting down Chinese surveillance balloon

The Independent UK

Blinken eyes balloon détente in possible meeting with Chinese counterpart

A failure to meet would indicate how serious the diplomatic rift actually is.

Axios

Chinese spy balloon may have drifted into American mainland airspace by mistake, officials reveal

Suspected surveillance craft likely took advantage of strong winds that inadvertantly changed its flight path to enter US airspace, reports find

The Independent UK

Spy balloon – live: Biden to address nation on downed aerial ‘objects’

Officials exploring possibility China did not intend for surveillance craft to enter American heartland

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China threatens US entities over balloon incident

China says it will enact measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast

The Independent UK

Reinterpretation of law to shoot balloons being considered

Unmanned Chinese surveillance balloons are "strongly suspected" to have flown in Japan's airspace three times since November 2019, the Japanese government has announced.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan warns China of airspace violation as spy balloons suspected

Japan’s defence ministry ‘strongly suspects’ Chinese surveillance balloons entered Japanese airspace thrice since 2019.

Al Jazeera

Mystery objects shot down over America following ‘Chinese spy balloon’ were probably ‘benign’, US admits

They are not likely to be ‘intelligence collection against the United States of any kind’, said a White House spokesman

Evening Standard

China says U.S. balloons flew over Xinjiang, Tibet, warns of countermeasures

Diplomatic friction festered between the United States and China on Wednesday as Beijing charged that U.S. high altitude balloons flew over its Xinjiang and Tibet regions and said it would take measures against U.S. entities that undermine Chinese sovereignty.

Reuters

US military reveals what the three UFOs shot down might've actually been after spy fears

The US military has not yet recovered any of the debris from the three UFOs shot down over the weekend, but they maybe linked to research purposes, according to White House spokesman John Kirby

Daily Mirror

Editorial: Let’s put a pin in the spy balloon/UFO hysteria

There is something about the last two weeks of America’s intense focus on the threat posed by balloons that is reminiscent of the “Summer of the Shark” in 2001, when sensationalistic coverage of shark attacks whipped the nation into a frenzy — until a real disaster came along on Sept.…

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Japan Says Past Aerial Objects Likely Chinese Spy Balloons

A fresh analysis of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan's airspace in recent years "strongly" suggests they were Chinese spy balloons, according to Tokyo's defense ministry. "After further analysis of specific balloon-shaped flying objects previously identified in Japanese airspace, including those in November 2019, June 2020 and September 2021,…

The Independent UK

Spy balloon – live: US was tracking Chinese balloon for almost a week before it entered American airspace

Officials exploring the possibility China did not intend for the spy balloon to enter North American airspace

Bangkok Post

Japan 'strongly suspects' airships likely Chinese spy balloons

TOKYO: Japan's government said on Tuesday that three unidentified flying objects spotted over the nation's territory in three years from 2019 are "strongly suspected" to have been Chinese spy balloons.

France 24

Latest downed objects likely had ‘benign purpose’, says US

The three still-unidentified aerial objects shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a "benign purpose,” the White House acknowledged Tuesday, drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the US with a suspected goal of surveillance.

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Japan strongly suspects China sent 3 spy balloons into its airspace

Japan’s Defense Ministry said three objects spotted in its airspace between 2019 and 2021 were probably Chinese surveillance balloons, giving its most definitive assessment for the previously unidentified items.

ABC News

Mysterious objects shot down over United States and Canada likely 'benign', as officials admit first missile missed its Lake Huron target

As alien theories abound and more "objects" are spotted over Europe, US officials say their main theory on the three balloons shot down over North America is that they could be harmless — here's what we know.

The Independent UK

Did China launch the other objects shot down by American fighter jets?

The White House says there’s no evidence they came from China’s sprawling surveillance programme. Recent changes to radar and a military on high alert could offer some clarity

Tribune News Service

US says 3 mystery objects likely private, with no link to China

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration suspects that three unidentified objects downed since last Friday served commercial purposes and weren’t used for spying, a judgment that may help ease anxiety over a Chinese balloon that traversed the U.S. before being shot down.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene draws wild comparison between Chinese spy balloon and 9/11

Far-right congresswoman dismisses military reasons for downing Chinese craft as ‘bull****’

Al Jazeera

US says first missile missed unidentified aerial object on Sunday

US General Mark Milley says that difficult terrain has hampered efforts to recover debris from latest downed objects.

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Was the Chinese Surveillance Balloon in U.S. "Near Space"?

The nation's control over the air above our heads is less settled than some may think.

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