“A small circle of intelligence officials at the Pentagon during the Trump administration monitored a series of mysterious objects—now suspected to be balloons—but the incidents were never reported to the White House because it wasn’t clear what they were,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Trump-Era Officials Were Aware of Suspected Balloons
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