KIRBY: “We’re calling this an object because that’s the best description we have right now. We do not know who owns it. […] We don’t know if it’s state-owned. We don’t understand the full purpose.”
"The move came less than a week after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the country’s east coast."
Ridonculous!
This is most certainly the area where it was shot down, it is under temporary flight restriction (TFR) via the FAA with stern warning not to go there. Of course, growing strategic area these days up there. Full story being updated with new details: https://thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-22-shoots-down-new-object-flying-high-over-alaskan-waters


“let’s get another one!”
priceless! thanx for the smile/slime 
so the war is getting traction. right now the Ukraine is getting levelled. badly.
I think Xendrius might be right. First, The Permanent State goes after Russia, then, China. I don’t believe for one second The Chinese launched these ‘balloons’.


