Objects Shot Down Over News Today

U.S. officials now suspect that the balloon was sent to spy on bases in Guam and Hawaii and that other downed objects were not surveillance machines. Washington’s evolving view reflects U.S. and Chinese difficulties in discerning each other’s intentions.

The Biden administration is looking into mysterious U.F.O. encounters and pushing back against China over accusations of widespread espionage.

Here is what we know about the objects as well as the Chinese spy balloon that were taken down this month.