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Strange goings-on are in the skies above North America. This month, US fighter jets have down four UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) in US and Canadian airspace. Officials said the objects balloons that were a danger to airplanes. They were at an altitude of around 40,000 feet (12,200 metres). The White House said yesterday that there no signs the objects were to alien life. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said: "I don't the American people need to about aliens with respect to these crafts." Earlier in the week, a US official said aliens could not counted out as a possible explanation for the balloons.

The balloon saga has tit-for-tat exchanges between the USA and China. US officials the balloons were used for spying. However, they no proof of this. Rescue teams have debris from the balloons off the US coast. Experts are currently at the electronics they have found. China said the balloons were for tracking weather patterns. It has they were spy balloons. Beijing has claimed that US high-altitude balloons have in China's airspace without permission more than ten times in the past year. The White House said this untrue. A balloon shooting in early February in US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cancelling a visit to China.