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Downed Objects Were Likely ‘Benign,’ U.S. Officials Say

HARMLESS

“The intelligence community’s considering as a leading explanation that these could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose.”

Asta Hemenway
Asta Hemenway 

Former Politics Reporting Fellow

John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications
REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Asta Hemenway

Asta Hemenway

Former Politics Reporting Fellow

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