‘Later, VanHerck and NSC spokesman John Kirby were forced to clarify the initial statement, saying US intelligence agencies had used “forensics” to identify the Chinese spy craft incursions only after President Biden took office in January 2021.
‘“The intel community after the fact … assessed those threats from additional means of collection and made us aware of those balloons that were previously approaching North America or transit in North America,”’
The Intel Community,....that’s pretty broad? The majority of the “intel community” doesn’t have access to air traffic radar. And the balloons didn’t have transponders, hence, a “spy” balloon. AT controllers might have seen but would have reported a UFO in air traffic and all hell should have broken lose.
This makes no sense.