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U.S. had no immediate response to the Chinese explanation

China’s foreign ministry described the balloon as “a civilian airship” for meteorological research that had blown far off course by winds. The Pentagon suspects it’s collecting sensitive information. On Friday, it was spotted flying over cities across Kansas and Missouri, including St. Louis.

The Chinese Spy Balloon is currently flying across the center of the United States, but wind patterns could push the balloon straight for Louisiana.

Members of Montana’s congressional delegation and local lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration for answers about the Chinese balloon currently moving eastward over the U.S.

A White House official said the administration had briefed staff of the so-called Gang of 8, which brings together Republican and Democratic leaders from the Senate and House, on Thursday afternoon. The official said such balloon surveillance activity had "been observed over the past several years, including in the prior administration – we have kept Congress briefed on this issue." The postponing of Blinken's trip, which had been agreed to in November by Biden and Chinese Presi...

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U.S. had no immediate response to the Chinese explanation

Western Kentuckians paid a little closer attention to the sky late Friday evening, when a balloon — not of American origin — continued on its forecasted path

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The Pentagon announced Friday evening (local time) that another Chinese spy balloon had been discovered floating over Latin America.