Objects Shot Down by US Fighter Jets Were Carrying Payloads

A new report claims that two of the unidentified objects shot down in the past two days were each balloons carrying what are termed payloads.
The report from Fox News was attributed to a senior U.S. official who was not named.
The official said that the object shot down over Canada on Saturday was a “small metallic balloon with a tethered payload.”
The Washington Post said the object downed over Alaska on Friday was “more cylindrical and described as a type of airship.&rdq