“What in the world is going on? Has the Biden administration just dialed the sensitivity of our radars all the way up? If so, what are the objects that we are just now noticing for the very first time? Are they benign science projects and wayward weather balloons, or something more nefarious that we’ve somehow been missing all this time?”
— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by The Hill.
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