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What we know about the mysterious flying objects downed by the US

US fighter jets have shot down four flying objects in nine days. Here is what we know so far.

Al Jazeera

UK fighter jets always on standby, Sunak says after US shoots down objects

Prime minister will do ‘everything it takes’ to keep country safe as Britain conducts security review

The Guardian - UK

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

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'Flying' objects: Fourth US shootdown in eight days makes world wonder what’s next

WASHINGTON: The US military had never shot down an object in American airspace before taking out a Chinese balloon off South Carolina last week. Now it’s becoming a near-daily occurrence.

The Times of India

US fighter jets shoot down fourth 'Chinese spy balloon'

Many Americans have been captivated by the drama playing out in the skies as fighter jets scramble to shoot down objects.

Wales Online

US doesn’t know what shot down Lake Huron ‘object’ is and doesn’t rule out UFO

Officials working on recovering debris to characterise the ‘object’

The Independent UK

Now China says it has shot down an 'unidentified object' in its airspace

The Chinese state newspaper Global Times reported the object had been seen over Qingdao in eastern Shandong Province

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Pentagon says the latest shootdowns resulted from increased caution

WASHINGTON — The decision to shoot down three aerial objects in recent days stemmed from a decision to pay closer attention to North American skies and take a more cautious stance toward intrusions after U.S. forces brought down an alleged Chinese spy balloon on Feb. 4, the Pentagon said.

Tribune News Service

US military ‘hasn’t ruled out’ aliens in mystery objects

The US Air Force general in charge of North American airspace says he cannot rule out aliens for the spate of mystery objects.

The New Daily

What do we know about the four flying objects shot down by the US?

Downing of Chinese balloon off the US coast has been followed by three incidents, raising questions about North American security

The Guardian - UK

US shoots down unidentified object tracked over Lake Huron

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon shot down an unidentified object that it tracked over Lake Huron, Michigan, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, the fourth time in eight days a high-flying balloon or other craft has been brought down over the U.S. or Canada.

Tribune News Service

Schumer says Chinese ‘humiliated’ after three flying objects shot down

‘Chinese were caught lying',’ says Senate majority leader as US and Canadian military scramble to recover pieces

The Guardian - US

Army sees safety, not 'wokeness,' as top recruiting obstacle

The Army is trying to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, and officials say those recruiting woes are the result on traditional hurdles

The Independent UK

US shoots down unidentified object over Canada

It is the third time an unidentified object has been shot down over North American airspace in a week

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France 24

US jet shoots down another mystery 'object' over Canada

A US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over Canada on Saturday, the second such incident in North American skies since the dramatic downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon a week ago.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Jet Shoots Down New Mystery 'Object' over Canada

A US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over Canada on Saturday, the second such incident in North American skies since the dramatic downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon a week ago. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a joint US-Canadian military operation led to the takedown of the…

Tribune News Service

Q&A: US Northern Command's top general answers questions about suspected Chinese spy balloon

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, based in Colorado Springs as commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, took questions last week at the Pentagon about the suspected Chinese spy balloon that Northern Command shot down off the Carolina coast after…

Axios

Fourth flying object shot down, this time in Michigan

The object, which was shot down over Lake Huron, Michigan on Sunday afternoon, is the third to be spotted in North America over the past three days.

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The Guardian - US

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

Inverse

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.

Daily Mirror

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

Radio France Internationale

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…

Salon

"Object" shot down over Alaska

The object was roughly the size of a small car

ABC News

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.

Tribune News Service

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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