Amid studies of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon flying over the United States, a protection analyst mentioned Sunday {that a} potential spy balloon was allegedly noticed within the Philippines final 12 months.
International research Professor on the De La Salle University Dr. Renato De Castro mentioned this after US navy fighter plane shot down with a missile an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday. China condemned the navy strike and mentioned the airship was used for meteorological and different scientific functions.
“Tandaan natin na nakakita rin tayo ng pictures nu’n [suspected spy balloon] sa Pangasinan at sa Baguio,” De Castro mentioned in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.
(Let’s bear in mind we additionally noticed photos of that in Pangasinan and Baguio.)
“Nili-link ko rin ‘to sa mga reports ng Philippine Air Force na may mga unidentified aircraft na pumasok sa Pangasinan mula Bolinao,” he added.
(I’m additionally linking this to the studies of the Philippine Air Force that unidentified plane earlier entered Pangasinan from Bolinao.)
However, in a message to GMA News Online, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Colonel Medel Aguilar mentioned these have been “unconfirmed reports.”
Based on a video by GMA News Feed, a resident of Natividad, Pangasinan mentioned he noticed a mysterious plane on December 18. The Pangasinan Youth for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management additionally mentioned they noticed the plane in numerous components of the province.
An ufo was additionally observed over Loakan Airport in Baguio City.
A senior US protection official claimed that Chinese balloons have been noticed over international locations throughout 5 continents, together with in East Asia, South Asia, and Europe, over the previous a number of years, primarily based on a report by Reuters.
This subject prompted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone his go to to China this week. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
