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It’s currently not clear what this object is or whether it has any relation to the Chinese spy balloon or the object shot down over Alaska. Trudeau said he spoke with President Joe Biden on ...

The Chinese spy balloon flew across the ... potential to interfere with air traffic over Alaska. Senior Pentagon officials recommended that it be shot down. A U.S. official said there were ...

The unidentified "objects" the U.S. shot down over Canada and Alaska are both believed to ... but U.S. officials now describe it as a "small metallic balloon with a tethered payload," the official ...

The “high-altitude object” shot down near Alaska Friday was not ... characterize the latest object as a balloon, but said it was roughly 40,000 feet over Alaska and posed a “reasonable ...

The Chinese spy balloon that transited across the U.S. before it was shot down off South ... lawmakers wanted it to be taken down when it was over water on Alaska's coast, like this smaller ...

Recovery operations continued Saturday to retrieve a "high-altitude object" shot down ... in Alaska, the Pentagon said. MORE: Chinese surveillance balloon part of massive program over 5 continents ...

Pat Ryder said the object was shot down by a F-22 fighter jet ... for waiting to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon, which entered U.S. airspace over Alaska on Jan. 28 before crossing over western ...

When asked Friday if lessons learned about China's balloon assisted in detecting the object shot down over Alaska, Ryder said it was "a little bit of apples and oranges." The object did not appear ...

Recommended Chinese spy balloon – live: Pentagon retrieving second ‘car size’ ‘object’ shot down by F22 jets over Alaska Where in Alaska did military shoot down flying ‘object’ days ...