President Biden sought to calm the furor over Chinese aerial spying on Thursday, reassuring Americans that the latest objects shot down were not tied to Beijing.
In his first extended statement about the spate of floating craft above North America, Mr. Biden said the original Chinese spy balloon downed by an American missile on Feb. 4 represented a “violation of our sovereignty” that was “unacceptable.” But he said the three objects shot down since then were likely research balloons, not spy craft.
Around half of Americans believe that the U.S. government can't be trusted to tell the truth about the alleged Chinese spy balloon and other high-altitude flying objects shot down in recent weeks, polling for Newsweek shows.
On the other hand, they don't think that the government is telling them the whole truth about what was going on with the balloon—and the other three unidentified objects shot down over northern Canada, Alaska, and Lake Huron after that.
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