Pentagon Rejects Chinese Claims on Spy Balloon

Pentagon Rejects Chinese Claims on Spy Balloon
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 3, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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The Pentagon said Friday that a Chinese spy balloon had moved eastward and was over the central United States, and that the United States rejected China’s claims that it was not being used for surveillance.

The Chinese regime claimed that the balloon was a weather research “airship” that had blown off course.