How Questions Over a Spy Balloon and U.F.O.s Fed a Crisis Between the U.S. and China

U.S. officials now suspect that the balloon was sent to spy on bases in Guam and Hawaii and that recent U.F.O.s were not surveillance machines. The evolution of Washington’s understanding reflects how difficult it is for the U.S. and China to discern each other’s intentions.

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