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Mystery surrounds what exactly was object US jet shot down over Alaska

High-altitude object the size of a small car was downed on Friday but its owner and purpose have yet to be identified

The Guardian - US

Chinese Spy Balloon: Why the 18th-Century Tech Still Flies

Nowadays, most spying is done with satellites. But China's spy balloon was recently spotted over the U.S. — here's a possible explanation.

Inverse

UFO shot down over Alaska after Chinese spy balloon blown up by US - everything we know

Two Chinese spy balloons have been shot down by the US military in the last week at the request of President Biden after a "high-altitude object" was spotted off Alaska yesterday

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American journalist accuses US Navy of Nord Stream pipeline attack

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that US Navy divers laid the bombs that destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline under the Baltic Sea last September, cutting Russian gas supplies to Europe. The Pentagon has denied the claim but Moscow, which Western countries suspect of involvement, says it should be taken…

Radio France Internationale

"Object" shot down over Alaska

The object was roughly the size of a small car

Salon

The US has shot down another object, this one over Alaska. Here's what we know

For the second time in a week, the US has shot down an uninvited object in its airspace. Here's what we know about the latest incident.

ABC News

US downs unknown object over Alaska as China tension grows

President Joe Biden ordered the Pentagon to shoot down an object spotted at 40,000 feet over Alaska, less than a week after fighter jets targeted an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon that had crossed the U.S. and provoked a national uproar.

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US fighter jet shoots down mystery object in skies high above Alaska

Pentagon says unidentified high-altitude craft was unmanned and smaller than Chinese balloon downed last week

Wales Online

Everything we know about the mysterious ‘objects’ shot down by US warplanes

Three high-altitude objects were destroyed days after a fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon

The Independent UK

US shoots down unknown object over Alaska as China tension grows

President Joe Biden ordered the Pentagon to shoot down an object spotted at 40,000 feet over Alaska less than a week after fighter jets targeted an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon that had crossed the U.S. and provoked a national uproar.

Tribune News Service

Why Biden ordered ‘object’ shot down over Alaska so quickly

The ‘object’ traveling at 40,000 feet above Alaska posed a greater threat to civilian air traffic than the espionage airship that floated 20,000 feet higher in the atmosphere

The Independent UK

Pentagon condemns Ohio National Guard head pushing NewsNation reporter before press conference arrest

Body-camera footage shows that a cable news reporter pushed to the ground and handcuffed while covering a news conference in Ohio had just had a heated confrontation with the leader of the state’s national guard

The Independent UK

Pentagon shoots down unknown object flying in U.S. airspace

The Pentagon has shot down an unknown object flying in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska

The Independent UK

US shoots down unknown flying object off the coast of Alaska

The US military has shot down an unknown object flying in US airspace off the coast of Alaska on the orders of President Joe Biden, White House officials said.

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The Independent UK

US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ of ‘unknown origin’ over Alaska

The incident comes a week after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down over South Carolina

The Independent UK

'It just rang': In crises, US-China hotline goes unanswered

When a giant Chinese balloon made an uninvited visit to the United States, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin turned to a hotline system set up with Beijing to defuse the situation

France 24

US says Chinese spy balloon part of aerial surveillance program targeting more than 40 countries

The China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration declared Thursday, citing imagery from American U-2 spy planes.

The Independent UK

Chinese spy balloon had communication and intelligence tools, officials reveal

Beijing accuses Pentagon of ‘information warfare’ as US officials detail ‘larger’ global surveillance operation

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The Independent UK

Beijing calls US claims over balloons 'information warfare'

China says U_S_ accusations that a downed Chinese balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program amount to “information warfare against China."

Daily Mirror

US intelligence says Chinese spy balloon WAS part of global surveillance operation

Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a news conference Wednesday that four more balloons have now been spotted flying in the skies above America

The Independent UK

Chinese spy balloon – live: Surveillance craft used ‘multiple antennas’ for collecting communications

Nato secretary general says shot-down balloon confirms Beijing’s ‘pattern’ of global surveillance

Chicago Sun-Times

Pentagon: China’s conducted spy balloon program for years

Officials say that four previous balloons passed over U.S. territory during the Trump, Biden administrations. China insists the recent balloon was used for weather research.

Tribune News Service

Hawley’s departure from Armed Services draws speculation

WASHINGTON — Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was booted from his perch on the powerful Armed Services Committee last month as retribution for delaying the confirmation of numerous Defense Department nominees last year, and for his role in challenging Mitch McConnell’s hold as the chamber’s top Republican, sources tell CQ…

Al Jazeera

Balloon ‘panic’ intensifies push against China in Washington

Biden administration faces growing calls from US Congress for tough policies against China after ‘spy’ balloon incident.

Tribune News Service

Chinese balloon was part of years-long spying program, US says

The high-altitude Chinese balloon that crossed over the U.S. last week is just part of a years-long surveillance program with Beijing deploying such craft around the globe, the US said, as officials sought to draw new attention to what they say is an increasingly aggressive Chinese spying campaign.

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