TOKYO – A recent evaluation of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan’s airspace in recent times “strongly” suggests they had been Chinese spy balloons, in line with Tokyo’s protection ministry.
“After further analysis of specific balloon-shaped flying objects previously identified in Japanese airspace, including those in November 2019, June 2020 and September 2021, we have concluded that the balloons are strongly presumed to be unmanned reconnaissance balloons flown by China,” the protection ministry stated in an announcement late Tuesday.
It stated it had “strongly demanded China’s government confirm the facts” of the incident and “that such a situation not occur again in the future.”
“Violations of airspace by foreign unmanned reconnaissance balloons and other means are totally unacceptable,” it added.
Japan stated final week it was re-analyzing a sequence of incidents involving unidentified aerial objects in mild of a Chinese spy balloon shot down by the United States after crossing US territory.
In the wake of the incident, the US navy adjusted radar settings to detect smaller objects and found three extra unidentified craft that President Joe Biden ordered shot down — one over Alaska, one other over Canada and the third over Lake Huron off Michigan. —Agence France-Presse
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