Pentagon Rejects Chinese Claims on Spy Balloon

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.
“We are aware of the PRC statement. The fact is we know it is a surveillance balloon,” Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. “We know the balloon has violated U.S. airspace and international law, which is unacceptable. we have conveyed this directly to the PRC at multiple levels.”…}