White House Says Too Early to Describe Latest Two Downed Objects
- Schumer had said he was told they were believed to be balloons
- Objects shot down Friday and Saturday over Alaska, Canada
Chuck Schumer
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The White House said it’s too early to characterize the two latest objects shot down by US fighter jets over North America after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they are believed to have been high-altitude balloons.
One of the objects was downed over Alaska on Friday and the other was brought down over Canada on Saturday, following the highly publicized shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.