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House Passes Bill Asking for DoD Report on UAP Intrusions Since 2017 and Sanctions on China for Balloon Surveillance

House Passes Bill Asking for DoD Report on UAP Intrusions Since 2017 and Sanctions on China for Balloon Surveillance
Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va. on Feb. 10 (U.S. Navy Photo)

The House this week passed legislation calling on DoD to submit a classified report on the incidence of the violation of U.S. airspace since Jan. 20, 2017 by unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and requesting a report from the State Department, the Director of National Intelligence, and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations on a strategy for mobilizing global opinion against Chinese balloon surveillance. The measure also requires the Commerce Department to consider export controls for U.S. technologies used…

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