“We have no further details at this time about the object, including its capabilities, purpose, or origin,” U.S. Northern Command added.
“As Canadian authorities conduct recovery operations to help our countries learn more about the object, the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be working closely with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,” Ryder added.
The first high-altitude object from China
Another high-altitude object identified as a Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina a week ago.
U.S. officials announced Friday that the “undercarriage of the Chinese spy balloon” has been retrieved. It is confirmed that surveillance equipment and other technology were on-board.
The balloon was for high-level intelligence surveillance. And was not being used for meteorological research as claimed by China.
“It had multiple antennas to include an array likely capable of collecting and geo-locating communications. It was equipped with solar panels large enough to produce the requisite power to operate multiple active intelligence collection sensors,” the State Department announced.
