I'm still curious how they first identified it as a Chinese vessel.
I have a feeling that the Chinese contacted the U.S. before it ever got here, and said something to the effect of..... "Hey, one of our exploratory balloons has veered into the jet stream and is headed on a course into your airspace. If this is a problem let us know and we'll chase it down and do whatever is necessary".
To which the U.S. officials likely said..... "Oh that's fine, we'll keep an eye on it and if it starts to cause a problem we'll let ya know."........
Then we shot it down, and now they are pissed. And rightly so.
The other scenario would go like this.....
We spot it and have no idea what it is or WHO it belongs to, so the U.S. puts out a worldwide bulletin.....and whoever chimes in first, and says they own it, we just immediately believe them. And take their word on its purpose.....So we let it drift completely across the United States before we drop a hammer on it.
Which scenario do you buy? Or do you wanna speculate on a different one? Would love to hear it.
Either way there's no legitimate reason for anything about it to be TOP SECRET, CLASSIFIED, or CONFIDENTIAL. 🙄
The whole MUSHROOM treatment we get from our government and media is beyond old. (they keep us in the dark and feed us bull$#!t)