Pentagon docs allegedly leaked by Jack Teixeira reveal at least 4 additional Chinese spy balloons
One of the previously undisclosed balloons flew over a US carrier strike group in the Pacific,Another Chinese craft, code-named Bulger-21 by US officials, circumnavigated the Earth from December 2021 until May 2022, according to top-secret documents reviewed by the news outlet.
The documents also show that the balloon that crossed over the continental US in January and February before beingA US official told the outlet that the naming convention for such balloons is alphabetical, which suggests there may be even more incidents of Chinese spy balloons being identified. In the documents Teixeira allegedly shared with members of a private Discord group, the US government had still not identified the purpose of all the sensors and antennas that the craft downed on Feb. 4 carried.
Intelligence officials also determined that the craft’s solar panels could generate some 10,000 watts of power, enough to power any type of surveillance capability.
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