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Former UFO investigator explains what data spy balloons could ‘intercept’
A former UFO investigator has explained what kind of data suspected Chinese spy balloons could be trying to “intercept”.
Nick Pope, a former investigator with the Ministry of Defence, told BBC Breakfast that the recent incidents are a potentially “serious national security breach”.
“Underneath this balloon was a very sophisticated signals intelligence array that - from what I understand - was able to locate various communications devices and possibly intercept the communications that took place on them,” he explained.
“This is a very potentially serious national security breach.”
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