The latest on the unidentified objects shot down over North America: Live updates
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 13, 2023
2:48 p.m. ET, February 13, 2023
Chinese spy balloon was part of larger intelligence-gathering program, White House says
A jet flies by a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floats off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina on February 4, 2023.
(Randall Hill/Reuters)
National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over United States airspace last week provided "limited" intelligence to China.
He said the craft was part of the People's Republic of China high-altitude balloon program . . .
