The Department of Defense is tracking a suspected high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon that appears to be collecting data on sensitive U.S. sites.
A senior defense official told Pentagon reporters that the U.S. has “very high confidence” it is a Chinese high-altitude balloon collecting information.
The government has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days, and they have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official.
“The United States government ... is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now," said a Pentagon spokesperson.
The United States is monitoring a surveillance ballon that is suspected to belong to the People's Republic of China and is flying over the continental United States.
Officials also said that the U.S. rejected China’s claims that the balloon was not being used for surveillance. The military ruled out the option to shoot the balloon down due to potential risks to people on the ground, according to officials.
China's Foreign Ministry said Friday that a balloon the U.S. suspects of conducting surveillance was a civilian "airship" used for research, mainly meteorological purposes.
The US Defense Department said Thursday it’s monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon floating over the western state of Montana, underscoring mutual suspicion between the world’s two largest economies just as top diplomats prepare to hold talks in Beijing.
On Friday, the People’s Republic of China officially acknowledged that the balloon device seen over the northern United States is really Chinese—but denied any sinister intentions....
China's Foreign Ministry said Friday that a balloon the U.S. suspects of conducting surveillance was a civilian "airship" used for research, mainly meteorological purposes.
By Brad Lendon, CNN News that the Pentagon is monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon in the skies over the continental United States raises a series of questions — not least among them, what exactly it might be doing.
China says it is looking into reports that a Chinese spy balloon has been flying in U.S. airspace over sensitive sites. The discovery further strains already tense relations between Beijing
China says that a balloon spotted over American airspace was used for weather research and was blown off course, despite U.S. suspicion it was spying. The discovery further strained already
China's foreign ministry described the balloon as "a civilian airship" used for meteorological research that had blown far off course by winds. The Pentagon suspects it's collecting information.
China's Foreign Ministry said Friday that a balloon the U.S. suspects of conducting surveillance was a civilian "airship" used for research, mainly meteorological purposes.
The Chinese government is looking into the suspected Chinese high-altitude spy balloon that was reported in United States airspace, flying over Montana on Thursday.
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