The authorities report the discovery only days after the diplomatic crisis with the US on account of the alleged spy balloons
The authorities of a city in eastern China claimed to have also detected “unknown objects” in the national airspacereports the local press just days after the diplomatic crisis with United States on account of the alleged spy balloons.
The Maritime Development Office of the Jimo district, in the city of Qingdao (east), reported this Sunday the sighting of several “unknown objects in the sky“, picked up the newspaper The Paper last night.
“Unknown objects have been detected near the coast of the town of Rizhao. The departments in charge prepare to take them down“, the authorities alerted the fishermen who were fishing in the area by text message, according to the outlet.
Until now, no information on the nature of the objects has been provided nor about its possible demolition.
Unverified videos circulating on Chinese social media show a row of bright spots in the sky over a coastal area.
The sighting comes after the United States recently shot down an unknown flying object over Alaska and shot down a balloon of Chinese origin that was allegedly used by Beijing for espionage tasks, a claim denied by China.
In addition, Canada shot down an unknown flying object on Saturday that violated the airspace of the country.