americans with their eyes on the skies, posting images like this one, the balloon floating over missouri. commercial pilots radioing in. we got that balloon in sight also. looks like it s way up there, maybe 50,000 feet or so. reporter: the balloon is huge with a technology bay attached below that is itself the size of three busses, loaded with high resolution cameras, according to a senior u.s. official, equipped with what appear to be solar panels on the side that could power its technology. it first entered american airspace over alaska, then flying into southwest canada before dipping down over billings, montana. this thing is up in the sky. what the heck is that? that thing is not the moon. any help would be appreciated. reporter: montana republican congressman ryan zinke was blunt, tweeting shoot. it. down. the pentagon today saying that option was considered and rejected, for now. we assessed that currently it does not pose a physical or military risk to people
consideration throughout these talks. as you mentioned, the recommendation out of the senior military leaders was it would be a potential danger to civilians and infrastructure. they recommended against it. president biden concurred. they monitor it. there are other things they took into account. one was according to a senior defense official it doesn t present a threat to civilian air or a threat to people on the ground. that was factored into the decision. as you understand, we re going to interrupt and go to the pentagon for the latest on the balloon. we will continue to review excuse me, monitor and review options. finally, secretary austin will hold a bilateral meeting today here in the pentagon with the australian prime minister. the secretary looks forward to discussing cooperation and our mutual security efforts within the indo-pacific region and beyond. a full readout will post later
discussions to shoot down the balloon? were there any discussions about shooting down the balloon when it was not over the united states potentially over international waters or were the discussions only when it entered u.s. air space. thanks. on your first question, we re tracking one balloon. so in regards to statements by canada, i would refer you back to them on that. in terms of the discussions about whether or not to shoot down this balloon, that was an option, right, and so that was something that was taken into consideration. again, because we assess that currently it does not pose a physical or military risk to people on the ground, for now, we re continuing to monitor and review options. thank you. back to elle and then up here. thank you. how big is the balloon that you re tracking? is it have you guys picked up? is it leaving anything in its wake like sensors?
united states. out of abundance of caution, cognizant of the impact to civilians on the ground from a debris field, right now we are going to continue to monitor and review options. the balloon is flying at 60,000 feet, higher than most u.s. war planes can fly. the u.s. does not fly spy planes or balloons over mainland china. there have been questions why the military advised the president against shooting down the chinese spy plane for now. one u.s. official said there is a lot of empty space in montana but also a lot of schools. it is not unpopulated. what happens when this balloon, carrying heavy equipment and the size of at least two school busses, lands on someone s home or kindergarten. if we shoot it down, the balloon and the equipment on board will plunge to the earth at meteoric speed. possibility of american casualties and collateral damage is the main reason the president opted not to shoot down the
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