MAHMOUD BENNETT:

IT TURNS OUT THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON WHICH THE US MILITARY SHOT DOWN LAST WEEK MAY HAVE NOT BEEN THE FIRST FLOATING AIRCRAFT BEIJING HAS SENT HOVERING OVER THE US 

ACCORDING TO THE PENTAGON AT LEAST 3 OTHER CHINESE SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS CROSSED INTO US SKIES DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION – WITH U.S. OFFICIALS REPORTING EARLIER SIGHTINGS NEAR TEXAS, FLORIDA, HAWAII AND GUAM

THE NEWS COMES AS REPUBLICANS LIKE KEVIN MCCARTHY AND MARCO RUBIO LASHED OUT AT THE BIDEN CAMP FOR FAILING TO ACT SOONER

MEANWHILE THE TRUMP TEAM IS DISPUTING THE REPORT OF BALLOONS FLOATING AROUND DURING HIS TIME IN OFFICE CALLING IT DISINFORMATION

DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORT THIS LATEST SPY BALLOON ENTERED INTO US AIRSPACE OFF THE ALASKA COAST BEFORE GOING THROUGH CANADA AND EVENTUALLY SHOWING UP IN MONTANA

THE BIDEN ADMIN KNEW OF ITS PRESENCE ON TUESDAY BUT TOOK ALMOST 5 DAYS TO SHOOT IT DOWN OVER THE ATLANTIC *AFTER* IT HAD ALREADY LOITERED OVER SENSITIVE MILITARY SITES HOUSING NUCLEAR WARHEADS

WHETHER THAT WAS PART OF THE STRATEGY OR A RECKLESS DELAY IS IN QUESTION AND HAS HOUSE REPUBLICANS EYEING PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THE ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE 

THE DEBRIS FROM THE BALLOON HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND IS NOW BEING ANALYZED BY THE FBI AND OTHER US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES 

CHINA NOW SAYS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE ACTION OVER WHAT THEY CALL AN OBVIOUS OVERREACTION TO THE SITUATION. IT’S A DEVELOPING STORY WE WILL BE FOLLOWING HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS – UNBIASED STRAIGHT FACTS