<!-- wp:html --><p>The three still-unidentified aerial objects shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a "benign purpose,” the White House acknowledged Tuesday, drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the US with a suspected goal of surveillance.</p><!-- /wp:html -->
The three still-unidentified aerial objects shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a “benign purpose,” the White House acknowledged Tuesday, drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the US with a suspected goal of surveillance.