What advancements has there been with the balloons? The entire time its been "its definitely not aliens, but we don't know what it is, and we can't recover the

What advancements has there been with the balloons? The entire time its been "its definitely not aliens, but we don't know what it is, and we can't recover the debris for reasons" Is the ecological damage and impact to residents not an ongoing event? Elected officials responses to the event/pressing them for one, informing people of proposed changes to make sure it doesn't happen again