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Was an Illinois hobby group’s small radio balloon shot down by a f-22?

Did a superpower showdown provoke the U.S. into using a fighter jet to shoot down a hobbyist group’s research balloon in Canada? That’s the question the public — and the FBI — wants to answer, after the U.S. military shot down several unidentified airborne objects last weekend. A military spokesperson tells NPR it’s their understanding […]