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Senator Schumer says two objects believed to be balloons have landed

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he believes the unidentified object shot down by American fighter jets over Canada and Alaska was a balloon, but was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down over the Atlantic last weekend. .

Schumer, DN.Y., on ABC’s “This Week,” received a briefing Saturday night from President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, following the Yukon incident hours earlier. said he received it. An object the size of a small car crashed in a remote area of ​​Alaska on Friday, according to the White House.

Asked if these two recent objects were balloons, Schumer said, “They believed so, but they were much smaller than the first.”

The first balloon was the size of three school buses, according to the government. After crossing the United States, she was shot down off South Carolina on 4 February. The Biden administration said it was used for surveillance.China claims it was on a weather research mission.

Schumer said the team has recovered debris from the object and will work to determine where it came from. The ones shot down on Friday and Saturday were smaller, flying at a lower altitude of about 40,000 feet in airspace occupied by commercial aircraft, compared to the first about 60,000 feet.

“In short, we didn’t know about these balloons until a few months ago,” Schumer said. “What we didn’t know is wild. We focus on conducting a comprehensive analysis on

https://www.winknews.com/2023/02/12/sen-schumer-says-2-downed-objects-believed-to-be-balloons/ Senator Schumer says two objects believed to be balloons have landed

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