While the “balloon” shot down by the American government off South Carolina was certainly a flying spy object managed by the Chinese armed forces, the other sightings – and consequent shootings – which took place on Friday over Alaska and on Saturday over the Yukon remain shrouded in mystery. Canada.
Who did they belong to? They were certainly different from the first, smaller and less sophisticated. Anita Anand, defense chief of Ottawa, explained that it was a cylindrical object, assuming it was a means of satellite surveillance of private companies. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer spoke of “two balloons, but smaller ones.”
The military leaders told the Wall Street Journal that it was “a metal balloon with a small load attached” also alluding to the fact that it could be “corporate” means, therefore of some company instead of a state. Meanwhile, similar sightings also occur in China.
A balloon was shot down as it flew over the port city of Qingdao: it is not clear whether Beijing has launched a false “attack” to discredit Washington’s accusations and make the international community believe that not only the United States is under espionage.
Speculations continue around the phenomenon, which is becoming more and more pressing. To the point that, according to the New York Times, the Biden administration is also responding to those who fear that they are extraterrestrials.
“The incursions seem to become so common – reads the American newspaper – that officials of the Biden administration have found themselves issuing private assurances that there is no evidence that they involve extraterrestrial activity. But officials also acknowledge that the longer they are unable to provide a public explanation as to where the objects came from, the more speculation will grow.”
The situation has further exacerbated relations between the United States and China, blasting Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing, agreed by Biden and Xi Jinping during the G20 in Bali.
