A Chinese “spy” balloon that was shot down over the United States was likely bound for Guam and then Hawaii, a US official said.
what the WE he described as a suspect Chinese the spy balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on 4 February.
Were also two other items shot down, 11 and 12 February.
But after recovering the wreckage of the downed balloon on Feb. 4, a US official says it is believed to have made its way to Hawaii and Guam in the Pacific Ocean before being blown off course.
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Timeline – where UFOs have been shot down so far
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin refused to answer a question about the balloon’s intended destination when asked at a briefing on Thursday, instead repeating his line that the United States should not “overreact” .
Since the balloon was shot down, the US says it has recovered “key sensors” from the object, as well as a large amount of debris.
The United States has been tracking the balloon since it took off from southern China’s Hainan Island in late January. reported the New York Times.
No wreckage has yet been recovered from the other objects that have been shot down.
One of the UFOs crashed off the Alaskan coast in ice and snow.
Another was shot down in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
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How the balloon and UFOs have troubled US leaders
Later Thursday, President Joe Biden will give a talk about the items, according to NBC News.
Biden should explain how he has instructed his administration to set the parameters for how to handle balloons and other objects sighted in US airspace in the future.
Japan has also threatened to take action against unmanned vehicles in its airspace, saying it plans to allow its military to shoot them down and warning China that flying surveillance balloons over them is “unacceptable”.
While in Taiwan – which China claims as its own – the remains of a weather balloon were found.
Taiwan’s military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a suspected Chinese weather balloon that crashed on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast.
In a statement, the Taiwanese military said, “The preliminary investigation established that the remains were of a weather survey instrument, which have been collected by relevant departments for further evaluation.”
