shot down a total of four aerial objects over American and Canadian airspace since initial reports of a suspected Chinese spy balloon emerged nearly two weeks ago.That balloon, which China has claimed was a weather aircraft, was shot down on Feb.
4 off the U.S. east coast — two days after American officials first acknowledged it and a week after it first entered U.S. and Canadian airspace.
In the eight days since that takedown, American jets have shot down three “unidentified objects” over Alaska, Yukon and Lake Huron near Ontario and Michigan.
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