Recent sightings of Aerial objects over USA and Canada have caused a furore and raised national security concerns. Reports now suggest that China has identified an object flying near one of its port cities.

What happened: China is reportedly preparing to dismantle the flying object near the city of Qingdao, China digital newspaper The Paper reported, Bloomberg said. This was announced by an official of the Marine Development Authority of Qiangdao’s Jimo District, the report said.

Fishermen in the area have been alerted and urged to exercise caution.

Why it matters: It all started when US military fighter jets shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over US territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina on February 4. While the US said the balloon was intended for surveillance, China claimed it was a civilian meteorological research airship that went off course.

See also: Not just US, Chinese spy balloon also targeted India, Japan and other Asian nations: report

Incidentally, the balloon entered US airspace for the first time on January 28th and floated into Canadian airspace on January 30th before returning to the United States on January 31st.

On February 10, the US used two F-22 Raptors to shoot down an object about the size of a car over the coast of northeast Alaska. The very next day, the US again used an F-22 Raptor to shoot down a high-altitude flying object over Canada’s Yukon Territory.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the development and tweeted, “I have ordered the removal of an unidentified object that has violated Canadian airspace.”

“I spoke to President Biden this afternoon. Canadian forces will now recover and analyze the debris from the object. Thank you NORAD for keeping an eye on North America,” he said in a thread tweet.

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