Taiwan's army says its forces on Dongyin island observed an unknown object falling from the sky, then found the remnants of a balloon on a shooting range.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s military said on Thursday, February 16, it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons.
Taiwan’s army said that late Thursday morning its forces on Dongyin island, part of the Taiwan-controlled Matsu archipelago off the coast of China’s Fuzhou, observed an unknown object falling from the sky, then found the remnants of a balloon on a shooting range. Taiyuan is a major city in northern China. Reuters was not immediately able to locate contacts for the factory.
Speaking to reporters at parliament on Friday morning, February 17, Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said the ministry has dispatched a team to investigate the crashed balloon.
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