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Later that day -in a similar situation of a confident guy hitting on his girlfriend's sister...

Spy balloon over US is actually 'civilian airship' that blew off course, says China

The Foreign Ministry in Beijing admitted the balloon had come from China
-but said it was for meteorological and other scientific research.


Son of Roswell returns!

'China has said a suspected spy balloon that has been flying over the US was in fact a "civilian airship"
that had strayed into American airspace. The US has said it believed the object was a high-altitude
surveillance balloon flying over sensitive sites to collect information.

The Foreign Ministry in Beijing admitted the balloon had come from China - but said it was for meteorological
and other scientific research. It added it regretted it had blown off its course. However, a US official earlier said:
"Clearly the intent of this balloon is for surveillance."


Using the old 'eh America, your shoelaces are untied' ruse...? You decide.

The blimp was spotted over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday - close to one of the US's three nuclear missile
silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base. China has said a suspected spy balloon that has been flying over the
US was in fact a "civilian airship" that had strayed into American airspace.

It flew over the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska, and through Canada before entering the US.
The balloon is still in US airspace but officials declined to say where it is now. They acknowledged it was operating
above civilian air traffic and below "outer space", but declined to say how high it was flying. Military and defence
leaders have considered shooting the balloon out of the sky but decided against it due to the safety risk from falling
debris.

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin convened a meeting of senior military and defence leaders to review the threat
profile of the balloon and possible responses, which were presented to US President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
The US has engaged Chinese officials "with urgency" and communicated the seriousness of the situation.

Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said: "The United States government has detected and is
tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now. "The US government
to include NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command), continues to track and monitor it closely.

"The balloon is currently travelling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or
physical threat to people on the ground...'

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