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Unidentified Floating Objects

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

President Biden orders several airborne objects shot down in American and Canadian airspace, without offering any clear explanation of what they were. Turkey begins arresting contractors whose buildings collapsed. And a Russian defector offers a look at one of the country’s most notorious armed units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Monday, February 13th, and if you see something up there, maybe duck for cover.

0:05.2

We start here.

0:08.7

After being accused of dithering over the Chinese spy balloon, the US military shoots down

0:13.6

a series of objects.

0:15.4

Three times the US military has shot down unidentified objects in three days.

0:22.0

So are these incoming all at once or are we finally just paying attention to them?

0:26.4

The death toll rising past 30,000 Turkey starts arresting construction contractors.

0:32.1

Prosecutors are accusing them of trying to flee the country.

0:36.3

There are structural concerns and political concerns here.

0:39.0

We'll walk you through both.

0:40.4

And he joined one of Russia's most feared armed units.

0:43.6

Now he's fled the country.

0:45.3

On a regular basis, his comrades were being executed in front of him.

0:50.1

How do escape when borders mean nothing?

0:54.8

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

0:57.4

I'm Brad milking.

1:06.3

To hear US military experts describe the infamous Chinese spy balloon that floated over the

1:11.0

US for days, the biggest concern was not that this balloon was learning our most intimate

1:15.8

secrets.

1:16.8

Any military installations that might have been in its path are already wary of satellites

1:20.6

any day.

1:21.6

The biggest concerns were, A, apparently this was not the only one we're learning about

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