Chinese Balloon Spotted Last Fall Over Middle East, Top Air Commander Says

Chinese Balloon Spotted Last Fall Over Middle East, Top Air Commander Says
A ground controller salutes a F-16 fighter jet at Incirlik Air Force Base in Turkey on March 7, 2003. Chris Hondros/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A Chinese balloon was spotted floating over the Middle East by the U.S. forces stationed there last fall, but didn’t prompt any attempt to get a closer look at it, the top air commander for the region said Monday.

In the latest revelation of what appears to be a part of Chinese communist regime’s global airborne surveillance project, Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich told reporters that the balloon was deemed not a threat because it “did not go anywhere near any of our sensitive sites.”

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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