Latest Downed Objects Could Be ‘Benign’, U.S Says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the three unidentified aerial objects shot down in the past week were likely benign, drawing a distinction between them and a massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the U.S. with a suspected goal of surveillance. Officials also disclosed that a missile fired at one of the three objects, over Lake Huron on Sunday, missed its intended target and landed in the water before a second one successfully hit. The China balloon is believed by American intelligence to have initially been on a track toward the U.S. territory of Guam, according to a U.S. official.