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Just crossed into the united states in montana. i know montana sounds kind of like a random place to start for a chinese spy balloon. >> its making its way. >> the pentagon since confirmed the incident, saying yesterday it was tracking and monitoring the balloon. but declined to say where it was currently located. a senior white house official tells nbc news that they are confident the balloon was sent by china, though the administration has not said so publicly. the official added that presiden...

On a plane, over rural montana. here, us officials claimed, the balloon lingered. why? well, one possible reason we can see from this satellite imagery is malmstrom air force base nearby, an important base that houses intercontinental missiles. the us air force scrambled two fighter jets from nevadas nellis air force base, but the decision was taken not to shoot the balloon down because of the risk of debris causing harm below. so what do we know about the balloon itself? heres what scientific e...

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Today that the country, quote, always abides by international law and has no intention of infringing on any countrys territory. >> of course not. >> yikes. willie? >> for some more detail on this, lets bring in nbc news national security and military correspondent, courtney kube, who broke the story for us at nbc. courtney, wow. first of all, reading through the details of the story and looking at the history of it, it turns out this happens from time to time. there are balloons floating around,...

From reporters asking where the balloon, the pentagon making it clear, they know where it is and moving eastward and theyll not give an hour-by-hour update, but for a lot of people over the continental u.s., they want to know if it is above them now. the pentagon is describing it as fairly large balloon, nowhere near where commercial air traffic is, it is above u.s. aircraft will be flying, question of what intent was of chinese to send this balloon over north america, given secretary of state w...

The mysterious ballon was being monitored by the Pentagon.

Surveillance balloon over it, whether its a u.s. military installation or some other government facility, so as it continues to move, the u.s. will continue to assess whether it presents any kind of new or different threat. at this point, the collection capabilities of this balloon, according to defense officials are not that more significant than a basic satellite. so as long as the calculus may change as it gets over specific strategic locations, but as of now, thats still the recommendation o...

Said it was nothing of the sort, at the very least since then, politicians and the public around world, they have been having trouble trusting the chinese authorities, so it could well be a weather balloon, it could well be a weather balloon, it could well be a weather balloon, it could very well be something else, we are not in the habit any more of trusting the chinese authorities, which i think means the us government will keep a close eye on this balloon to see what is actually happening in ...