Another unknown "balloon" crossing US skies...

[Maxmars]

Interesting and possibly not 'connected' but....

Fishermen find possible SPY BALLOON off the coast of Alaska

This was the earliest posting of the news on this... but my search engine is "full" of this stuff.

As it turns out the ballon the fishermen found was pretty old:

From Fox: Pentagon reveals that balloon recovered off coast of Alaska had been in ocean for 'well over a year'
 

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The Department of Defense confirmed that balloon debris that was recovered off of the coast of Alaska last month appeared to have been in the ocean for "well over a year."

Sue Gough, a Department of Defense spokesperson, confirmed to Fox News Digital that an initial inspection of the balloon "indicated" that it had been "in the ocean for well over a year."

"Some material has been transferred to U.S. government facilities for further examination and analysis," Gough said.

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While they made no claim of shooting it down... FOX saw fit include this picture...



... and then this one....



Neither of the above pictures has anything to do with the balloon in the story.