USA: Flying objects probably not Chinese
02/14/2023
According to a White House spokesman, it is likely that the objects came from commercial or research facilities, although he cautioned that this was preliminary information.
The US believes the three flying objects it shot down in the past few days are unrelated to China and could be completely harmless entities being used for commercial or research purposes, White House spokesman John Kirby said. on Tuesday (02/14/2023).
However, Kirby cautioned that this information is preliminary and that the United States continues to search for the remains of these three objects in order to analyze them and get a better idea of their nature.
“At the moment, and I would like to point out that this is only for the moment, we have not seen any signs or anything that would indicate the concrete possibility that these three objects are part of the People’s Republic of China’s spy program or that they are attached to involved in any kind of intelligence gathering,” he said in an interview with journalists.
The United States shot down a Chinese “spy” balloon over Atlantic waters off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, and in the past three days it has shot down three other flying objects on its territory and in Canada, of which at the moment He could not confirm his origin.
After the Chinese “spy” balloon incident, Joe Biden’s administration accused the Chinese executive branch of developing a “program” of spy balloons, with the involvement of its armed forces, that has already flown more than 40 countries across five continents.
For its part, the Chinese government has asserted that the first object launched was a weather balloon that deviated from its trajectory, and denounced that at least 10 US balloons flew over China last year, which the US denies.
Universities (EFE, AFP)