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Aliens? Not ruling out, says US General as 4th UFO shot down

China spots UFO, says will take it down. Also, it says US balloons have flown illegally over its territory more than 10 times since 2022

US fighter jet shoots down China's suspected spy balloon: Report
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The US Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said on Sunday that he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet, deferring to US intelligence experts.

Asked whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin for three airborne objects shot down by US warplanes in as many days, General Glen VanHerck said: “I’ll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven’t ruled out anything.”

“At this point we continue to assess every threat or potential threat, unknown, that approaches North America with an attempt to identify it,” said VanHerck, head of US North American

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