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Not to get on the record answers, somewhat understandable, this is a spy balloon, a lot of information is classified and the u.s. government doesn't want to give away what it knows and how it knows it, they are walking this difficult line. it is i think the most interesting thing that i've learned in the last 24 hours, there was serious consideration about shooting the balloon down, it is not just a balloon, it is the size of two to three buses and has heavy equipment underneath and it may have been over montana, sparsely populated issue the consideration what happens if this lands on a school...

>> would pose threat to -- >> there is a -- it is surveillance balloon, so there is a surveillance capability underneath this large balloon, right? a blimp has a basket, right? there is a basket underneath it, in layman's terms. large enough to be concerning, if there were debris field. all right, last question. >> any -- communication with china with respect to the balloon? >>en ga, we've communicated at multiple levels and leave it at that. >> is it -- is it ammunition? >> it is surveillance balloon, again, does not pose a physical or military risk to people on the ground. >> what is payload...

First question, i appreciate it, we have contacted the prc, i will not get into their reaction, i refer you to them for that. we clearly communicated this balloon is valating u.s. airspace and international law and this is unacceptable. thank you. >> over here and here. >> thank you, sir. is the pentagon looking at any possibility of altering the course of the balloon, taken to location to shoot it down in a rural area? >> monitoring and reviewing options, i will not go into specifics. sir? >> this is surveillance balloon, as you said, does it have ability to collect sensitive data given it fl...

Down this balloon, that was an option, and so that was something that was taken into consideration. again, because we assess currently it does not pose a military risk to people on the ground, we continue to monitor and review options. thank you. >> back to ely and up here. >> thank you. how big is the balloon that you're tracking? is it -- have you picked up, is it leaving anything in its wake like sensors? >> so on your latter question, i'll not get into intelligence, we do continue to monitor the balloon and know it is surveillance balloon. in terms of the size, i'm not able to get into the...

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