the u.s. still doesn t know whether they were from china other foreign adversaries or civilians. nbc s jackie freyer asked china in beijing. can you confirm that any or all of the three other objects all belong to china or is this just a coincidence? he answered we re opposed to any attempt to smear china by creating something out of thin air. the u.s. has flown ten surveillance balloons over china in the last year, something the white house strongly denies and after the norad commander refused to rule out that the three most recent objects were aliens, this unreal moment at a white house briefing. i don t think the american people need to worry about aliens with respect to these craft. andrea, has the u.s. said anything about resuming talks with china? yes, lester. in fact, the state department said today it s important to keep lines of communication open and is not ruling out a meeting between secretary blinken and china s top diplomat in germany later this
why objects have been spotted that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. this bizarre episode has further eroded what was already a contentious relationship between the us and china. washington says beijing has flown surveillance planes over as many as 40 countries in five continents. co vice surveillance balloons. china says us balloon flights have passed through its airspace but washington denies that. for now, the search continues for wreckage from the balloon and the three still unidentified objects, while tensions with china show no sign of cooling down. peter bowes, bbc news. the police watchdog has decided two police officers should be investigated over the failure to check allegations of indecent exposure against former policeman
but they did not detect it. we detected it. we tracked it. and we have been carefully studying it to learn as much as we can. we know that these prc surveillance balloons have crossed over dozens of countries on multiple continents around the world, including some of our closest allies and partners. we can now speak to dean cheng who is a senior fellow at potomac institute for policy studies. dean is long time researcher of china s political and security affairs, he joins us from washington.. dean, thank you forjoining us. now, both sides are trading accusations of high altitude spying, accusations of high altitude spying, china s foreign minister says the us has flown balloons into its airspace more than ten times in the past year, what more is my own about that accusation, and how do you think that will impact
and we have been carefully studying it to learn as much as we can. we know that these prc surveillance balloons have crossed over dozens of countries on multiple continents around the world, including some of our closest allies and partners. cbs news correspondentjarred hill joins me from new york. the white house said it wasn t aliens but what more do we know about this object that they recovered? yes, the alien question has been floating around, no pun intended, seriously. but there is something they are looking into. but looking at the balloon that came from china, the one that was shut off the coast of south carolina, this appears to be part of a larger growing surveillance operation from china one that was a shot off the coast of south carolina. china says they are just weather balloons, but there
surveillance balloon that it shot down earlier this month. officials believe they could be helpful in determining the precise purpose of the structure. beijing said it was a platform to monitor the weather. national security spokesperson john kirby says that an earlier device, a balloon shot down off south carolina nine days ago, was part of a chinese high altitude programme for intelligence gathering. we were able to determine that china has a high altitude balloon programme for intelligence collection that is connected to the people s liberation army. it was operating during the previous administration but they did not detect it. we detected it. we tracked it. and we have been carefully studying it to learn as much as we can. we know that these prc surveillance balloons have crossed over dozens of countries on multiple continents around the world, including some of our closest allies and partners. earlier, i spoke to cbs news correspondent jarred hill, from new york.