Schumer: US Believes Objects Shot Down Over Past Few Days Were Balloons

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said U.S. officials believe that two objects that were shot down over U.S. and Canadian territory late last week were balloons.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told ABC News’s “This Week” that the administration believes that the objects were “much smaller” than the Chinese spy balloon that was taken down near the South Carolina coast earlier this month.
Schumer, responding to a question about whether the objects were balloons, said, “They believe they were, yes. But much smaller than the first one.”
The United States shot down an object flying in Alaskan airspace on Feb. 10, and another was shot down by a U.S. fighter jet in Canadian airspace a day later, officials have confirmed. Details about the nature of the objects, including what country was operating them, haven’t been disclosed yet….}