Tensions escalate as China blasts the Biden administration after the U.S. halts search for debris fragments.
” had been retrieved from the spy balloon and that the remains are now being analyzed in a FBI laboratory in Quantico.
The group, called the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade, said the last transmission of its balloon came last Saturday—the day after the unidentified object was downed near Alaska—near Hagemeister Island, an uninhabited island off Alaska’s southwest coast. Although the group has not blamed the government, it wrote in its website: “As has been widely reported, no part of the object shot down by the U.S. Air Force jet over the Yukon territory has been recovered. Until that happens and that object is confirmed to be an identifiable pico balloon, any assertions or claims that our balloon was involved in that incident are not supported by facts.”
In response to the latest claims, Kirby said on Friday that while he had heard of the Illinois group’s assertions, because the object hasn’t been recovered, “We just can’t confirm those reports or what the remains of that balloon might actually end up being.
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