Sources told CNN that the FBI will examine debris from a possible Chinese spy balloon discovered off the Alaska coast by fishermen:

FBI agents will meet the fishing vessel when it comes into port, which is expected to be sometime over the weekend. The bureau will then transport the unknown object to the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia, to be analyzed, as has been done with previous surveillance balloons.

The fishmen shared photographs of the object with law enforcement upon encountering it, the sources said. All three sources emphasized that it wasn’t clear exactly what the object was and that it may not be a balloon at all — but that the FBI determined that it was similar enough in appearance to a foreign-government owned surveillance balloon that it warranted further investigation.

The FBI said in a statement Friday night it is “aware of debris found off the coast of Alaska by a commercial fishing vessel. We will work with our partners to assist with the logistics of the debris recovery.”

If it is a spy balloon, then it’s probably from China. We know they’ve done it before.

I wonder if we knew about this debris even if people didn’t leak it to CNN. Didn’t the Pentagon tell us officials documented other times people spotted a Chinese spy balloon across America? Yes. The program started years ago.



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