The massive white orb drifting across U.S. airspace has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and is blowing up on social media. A look at what's known about the balloon crossing the U.S. and what isn't.
The massive white orb drifting across U.S. airspace has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and is blowing up on social media.
A Pentagon spokesman said it could remain aloft over the U.S. for "a few days," extending uncertainty about where it will go or if the U.S. will try to safely take it down. And late Friday, the Defense Department acknowledged reports of a balloon flying over Latin America -- assessed as "another Chinese surveillance balloon."IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S A ...
In the first public U.S. statement, Brig.-Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said Thursday evening that the balloon was not a military or physical threat -- an acknowledgement that it was not carrying weapons. He said that "once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information."
One official said the sensor package the balloon is carrying weighs as much as 1,000 pounds. The balloon is large enough and high enough in the air that the potential debris field could stretch for miles, with no control over where it would eventually land. The Pentagon's Ryder confirmed there have been other incidents where balloons came close to or crossed over the U.S. border, but he and others agree that what makes this different is the length of time it's been over U.S. territory and how far into the country it penetrated.
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