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right now on early start, what is going on up there? three mystery objects shot out of the sky by american fighter jets. plus, against all odds. people are still being saved from the rubble of turkey and syria s earthquake disaster, more than a week later. kansas city erupts as the chiefs take the super bowl for the second time in four years. all right. here we go, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. we begin with the u.s. fighter jet shooting down another airborne object on sunday. this one over lake huron. according to the pentagon the object was not a military threat but it was determined to be a flight hazard. the operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over north american airspace. these are objects, i m not able to categorize how they stay aloft. it could be a guess. it s a type of balloon inside a structure. or it could be some type of a propulsion system. ....
Department. kylie, thank you for that. now, we know it was a chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the south carolina coast last week. but what about these two, these latest objects? u.s. officials say they have not been able to definitively assess what they are. and there s no information yet about who launched them. or why. cnn s steven jiang live from beijing. steven, what are we hearing from the chinese government? reporter: christine, the latest from beijing is chinese officials declined to answer any specific questions regarding the three objects shot down in the u.s. and canada over the weekend. but they did seem to determine to try to turn the tables on the u.s., accusing the u.s. of being the quote-unquote world s biggest spying empire. just a short while ago, a chinese military official revealed an interesting piece of information. here s what he said. translator: it is also common for u.s. balloons to illegally enter the airspace of other countries. since last yea ....