China Says Balloon Over Latin America Was Also Blown Off Course
A high altitude balloon over Montana, US last week.
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China said a balloon that the Pentagon spotted over Latin America was blown off course, echoing an explanation for a vehicle seen over US military sites that the Biden administration has rejected.
“It has made an unintended entry into the airspace of Latin American countries,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular news briefing Monday in Beijing. “It’s for civilian purposes, and it is affected by the weather and with limited self-steering capability.”