WASHINGTON: A Chinese spy balloon was flying over Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday night, one day after a similar craft was seen over US skies.
“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement, without specifying the balloon’s exact location.
The first balloon, spotted a day back over Montana, has already sparked a diplomatic row.
“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement, without specifying the balloon’s exact location.
The first balloon, spotted a day back over Montana, has already sparked a diplomatic row.
Pentagon tracking Chinese ‘spy balloon’ spotted in US skies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday scrapped a rare Beijing trip aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two global powers, after the Pentagon said was a Chinese spy balloon, spotted over Montana and drifiting eastwards.
Moments before the decision, China issued a rare statement of regret and blamed winds for blowing over what it called a civilian airship.
But President Joe Biden’s administration described it as a maneuverable “surveillance balloon” that was on Friday floating over the central United States.