we still don t know what the three other objects shot down are. they still say that they don t know exactly what these things are in part because they haven t had a chance to actually recover whatever materials fell. one of those in alaska fell in a part of the country that is essentially covered in ice. it s incredibly cold. it s dark for most of the day, and so it s been difficult getting to that location. the other two, they are still working between the united states and canada to retrieve what that is, and so they can figure out exactly what fell from the sky. there is already diplomatic fallout from all this. the first balloon incident led us secretary of state antony blinken to cancel a planned trip to beijing. let s look more at china s response. after the pentagon first announced the existence of the balloon, chinese officials said it was a civilian airship used for research purposes that had been blown off course . in a rare move, beijing called it an accident, saying they
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China requires the US to handle the incident in a calm, professional and restrained manner, Global Times reported.
the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state, antony blinken postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. we ll have more on the second balloon sighting in a moment, but first this report from gordon correra. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo,
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the last hour, the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state antony blinken postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. in a moment, i ll get the latest from our correspondent on the second balloon sighting. first, this report from gordon correra. i.have no idea what this thing is.
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state antony blinken postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. we ll have more on the second balloon sighting in a moment, but first, this report from gordon corera. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think