Authorities warned fishermen in the area and asked for help to salvage the debris.
In a surprising turn of events, China has now reported sighting a mysterious object flying over its port city of close to the Bohai Sea in the north and is preparing to shoot it down,The report comes on the heels of the U.S. shooting down multiple high-altitude objects in the past week, having made public the first sighting earlier this month. The latest take-downsSee AlsoLast week, when the U.S.
However, the mystery has deepened, with China alleging that it has also spotted a flying object and is preparing to shoot it down. According to messages sent by the Qingdao Marine Development Bureau, the object was first spotted over the waters over Rizhao, but it was not certain what the object was.
While China had been insisting that shooting down a balloon last week was an action that "violated international practice and set a bad precedent," it now appears that local authorities are preparing to bring down the mysterious object in its own waters.
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