Now: Who knows?

From a paywalled (sorry) article in this morning's New York Times:

U.S. Calls Off Search for Unidentified Objects It Shot Down

The end of the search for objects downed over Alaska and Lake Huron raises the possibility that the devices will never be collected and analyzed.

Pretty much nails the possibility, seems to me. But worry not…

Mr. Biden has said the intelligence community’s assessment is that the three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific studies.

["Mr." Biden? What's going on there, NYTimes? –ED]

Here's a non-paywalled story from the New York Post, says pretty much the same thing, but with pictures.