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Decision to shoot down balloons puts spotlight on hobbyists

Decisions to shoot down multiple unidentified objects in American and Canadian airspace has put a spotlight on amateur balloonists who say their creations pose no threat

The Independent UK

White House: Wagner Group has suffered over 30,000 casualties in Ukraine

The Russian mercenary company Wagner Group has suffered more than 30,000 casualties since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, with about 9,000 of those fighters killed in action, the White House said on Friday.

Reuters

Biden won’t visit Ukraine during Poland trip to mark war anniversary

Mr Biden will visit Poland to commemorate one year of war next week

The Independent UK

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John Kirby: ‘When the weather improves, the Russians will make additional offensive moves’

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby sat down with FRANCE 24’s Washington correspondent Kethevane Gorjestani to talk about the war in Ukraine, the United States’ diplomatic relations with China after the latter sent a spy balloon over its territory, and why the Iran nuclear deal is currently off…

France 24

Object downed by US missile may have been amateur hobbyists’ $12 balloon

Illinois hobby group says balloon went missing the day military missile costing $439,000 destroyed unidentified entity nearby

The Guardian - US

US President Joe Biden says three unidentified objects shot down were 'not nefarious' — here's what they could be instead

US President Joe Biden says the three objects shot down over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron are not linked to China's spy balloon — here's what experts say they might be instead.

ABC News

US developing 'sharper rules' to counter unknown aerial objects, says Biden

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon transiting much of the country.

France 24

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Balloons, ‘objects’ – what’s in the sky above the US?

US airspace is increasingly crowded, not all regulated, and with so much up there, it’s not easy to track it all.

Al Jazeera

Biden to speak on unknown aerial objects amid review

President Joe Biden is set to deliver his most substantial account Thursday of his government’s efforts to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown objects over the U.S. The White House said Biden would speak at 2 p.m. at the White House

The Independent UK

We went completely nuts over a balloon

It ought to be a "teachable moment": This country is deeply unhinged. Now back to fake history and George Santos

Salon

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

UFO experts predict wave of unidentified objects coming to UK after US sightings

The US military shot down four UFOs in less than two weeks with one suspected of being a Chinese spy balloon. The rest are thought to be "benign" but authorities are unsure

Daily Mirror

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

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Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

Ben Wallace: ‘No sign of aliens after UFOs shot down in US’

There are "no signs of ET" in British skies, the Defence Secretary said on Wednesday after unidentified flying objects were shot down in the US.

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.

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.

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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.

WEKU

Senators downplay threats from unidentified objects, but call for more information

Many Democrats defended the Biden administration's cautious approach. But lawmakers of both parties urged the president to address the nation.

Tribune News Service

US says mystery objects likely private craft not tied to spying

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has assessed that three unidentified objects downed since last Friday were likely for commercial use and not foreign intelligence-gathering.

The Guardian - US

Three objects shot down after Chinese spy balloon may be benign, White House says

Flying objects could be commercial- or research-linked, while US military admits first shot at object over Lake Huron missed

AFP

US seeks to deflate Chinese balloon worries

Washington (AFP) - 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.

Axios

White House: No indication yet downed objects were part of China spy balloon program

Kirby said a leading explanation could be that the objects were "benign" and "tied to commercial or research entities."

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