NORAD monitoring more possible spy balloons nearing US airspace
Recovery operations continued Saturday near Deadhorse, Alaska to retrieve the remnants of a still-unidentified object that penetrated American airspace.It was revealed that one or two new airborne objects that could be additional spy balloons were being monitored by NORAD.Advertisement
“We don’t know who owns it — whether it’s state-owned or corporate-owned or privately-owned, we just don’t know,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Friday. “We don’t know if it’s a Chinese balloon or just some kid,” an incredulous Miller told Fox News. “If you’re a writer for ‘Saturday Night Live,’ you’ve got all the material you need for the next three weeks.”
The Commerce Department blacklisted five aerospace corporations and one research institute, accusing them of supporting Beijing’s “military modernization efforts, specifically those related to aerospace programs, including airships and balloons” used for “intelligence and reconnaissance.”“The Commerce Department will not hesitate to continue to use … regulatory and enforcement tools to protect U.S.
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