President Biden is expected to explain more about the balloon and other UFOs spotted over the US recently in a speech on Thursday.
But after recovering the wreckage of the balloon downed on 4 February, a US official says it's believed it was heading to Hawaii and Guam, in the Pacific Ocean, before it was blown off course.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin refused to answer a question about the balloon's intended destination when asked during a briefing on Thursday, instead repeating the line that the US should not"overreact".
The US had been tracking the balloon since it lifted off from Hainan Island in southern China in late January,One of the UFOs fell off the coast of Alaska in ice and snow.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerwill deliver a speech about the objects, according to NBC News. Japan has also threatened to take action against unmanned vehicles in its airspace, saying it plans to allow its military to shoot them down, and warning China that flying surveillance balloons overhead is"unacceptable".- the remains of a weather balloon have been found.
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