N. Korea fires missile near Japan as US, S. Korea prepare for drills

According to the South Korean and Japanese militaries, the missile was fired on a high angle, apparently to avoid reaching the neighbors' territories, and traveled about 560 miles.

Military completes recovery of Chinese balloon debris

Officials say the U.S. believes that Navy, Coast Guard, and FBI personnel collected all of the balloon debris, including equipment that could reveal what information it was able to monitor and collect.

Biden: 3 aerial objects shot down over US not from China

“I expect to be speaking with President Xi and I hope we can get to the bottom of this,” Biden said. “But I make no apologies for taking down that balloon.”

Object shot down over Lake Huron not from China, Biden says

President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the object shot down over Lake Huron was likely not part of the Chinese spy balloon project. Instead, he said it was likely a private research balloon.

NORAD conducts air defense exercise days after Russian aircraft intercepted over Alaska, objects shot down

The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it is carrying out a "live-fly air defense exercise" Wednesday off the coast of Washington state and British Columbia, just days after it intercepted Russian aircraft near Alaska and multiple airborne objects were shot down.

White House says objects shot from sky were not sent by aliens

The White House on Monday defended the shootdowns of three unidentified objects in as many days even as it acknowledged that officials had no indication the objects were intended for surveillance.

U.S. not taking any chances in shooting down unidentified object over Lake Huron

U.S. leaders in Washingon are defending the actions of shooting down three unidentified objects, including the one discovered flying over Lake Huron on Sunday.

Unidentified objects shot down: Aliens not ruled out, general says

When asked if the unidentified objects shot down recently could be aliens or something else extraterrestrial-related a military official said he hasn't ruled anything out.

U.S. shoots down unidentified object over Lake Huron

U.S. officials said an "unidentified object" has been shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over Lake Huron, after earlier downings in Alaska and Canada.

Research team sets out to find lost underwater WWII relics off coast of Guam

The team of National Park Service researchers is in search of sunken ships, aircraft, artillery, and other lost artifacts related to the WWII invasion of Guam in 1944.

China's conducted spy balloon program for years, Pentagon says

The Navy and Coast Guard are still working to recover pieces of the downed Chinese balloon so they can be analyzed.

Release of toxic chemicals from derailed Ohio tanker cars begins

Officials warned the controlled burn would send phosgene and hydrogen chloride into the air. Phosgene is a highly toxic gas that can cause vomiting and breathing trouble and was used as a weapon in World War I.