US recovers electronic sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon

The US army has assured this Monday that it has already achieved recover electronic componentss of course downed chinese spy balloon by an American fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina on february 4including key sensors allegedly used to gather intelligence information.

“Teams have been able to recover significant debris, including all priority sensors and electronic parts, as well as large sections of the structure,” the US Army Northern Command said in a statement.

The giant balloon, which Beijing denied that it was a device of the Government used for surveillance, was neutralized after he walked through the country skies for a week.

The rest of the suspected balloon fell into the sea and were recovered by members of the US Navy. Since then, members of the federal police (FBI) have been studying the remains to assess the object’s surveillance capabilities, but they did not have access to most of what they call the “payload” of the balloon, that is, the electronics that had on board. Now, the US military claims it has that critical electronics to be analyzed.

Beginning of the diplomatic crisis

The case of this Chinese balloon was the start of what has led to an increase in tensions between China and the United States. An unprecedented incident that has led to a total of four demolitions in the days after.

The difference of the Chinese balloon from subsequent flying objects, intercepted while flying over the territory of Alaska, Canada and the Great Lakes of the eastern USis that in the last three the US Army says it does not know what they are or who they belong to.

On the other hand, the White House has finished this Monday by clarifying the controversy about the possible extraterrestrial origin of the flying objects: “There are no indications of aliens or extraterrestrial activity, (…) I wanted to make sure that the American people knew it and it is important that we say it from here,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said at her daily press conference. Her comments come after yesterday, Sunday, the head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), General Glen VanHerck, said that had not ruled out “any option” about the origin of the knocked down objects.