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A huge balloon was floating above the USAThe United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million. . For days, leaders talked about what they should do. They thought it could have been sent from ChinaA country in East Asia, home to 1.4 billion people. to spy on the country. They decided to shoot it down.

This happened in early February. But now, more objects have been shot down over other parts of the USA and CanadaA country in North America. It is the second-largest country in the world by land area. . They are not like the balloon, and nobody knows for sure where they have come from.

Some say they could have been sent by aliens from outer space.

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A few years ago, this idea might have made people laugh. But the USA is taking it seriously.

Others think they cannot possibly be the work of aliens. There are only a few other planets that we know of where life is possible - and they are all very, very far away from Earth.

Yes! It is very unusual for objects to start appearing all at once. Aliens on another planet may have much better technology than we do.

No! The world is full of manmade flying objects. Normally we ignore them. The "spy balloon" has caused us to overthink things.