The Pentagon has released a close-up photo of the Chinese spy balloon that was seen floating above mainland America just one day before the Air Force shot it down
The president vowed to develop “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects after a Chinese spy balloon was tracked in American airspace.said he made no apology for protecting US skies but added: "We are not looking for a new Cold War with China."
"We don't yet know exactly what these three objects were, but nothing nothing right now suggests they were related to China's spy balloon programme, or they were surveillance vehicles from other any other country," he said. President Joe Biden speaks about the United States response to the high-altitude Chinese spy balloon and three other unidentified objects that were recently shot down.'There is no indication of aliens': White House shoots down connection between UFOs and extra terrestrial activity
"The intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions, studying weather, or conducting other scientific research." China has denied claims the balloon was surveillance, insisting it was instead an "out of control" weather balloon.
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