American fighter jets took down another unidentified object flying close to the Canadian border yesterday – this time, an uncrewed “octagonal structure” with strings attached to it. That makes 4 objects discovered over Canada and the US, and it prompted a Chinese official to say the US has flown balloons into its airspace more than 10 times in the past year. Not true, say American officials… It also led to questions of Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) boss Mike Burgess. He says he’s “not aware” of any Chinese spy balloons over Australia and says it’s “not the principal means” for spying on Australia. Apparently, being located on our own continent makes that harder to do… Burgess was also asked about Australia’s terror threats – he says while right-wing extremism snowballed thanks to COVID conspiracy theorists, that threat has “moderated” slightly, but it “does live on”.