The Latest Breaking News on Chinese balloon ‘did not collect any information’, Pentagon says

A massive white orb flying across U.S. airspace has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and is blowing up on social media

WASHINGTON — The high-altitude balloon now floating at 60,000 feet over the continental U.S. is part of a broader Chinese spying program that’s seen many such devices sent over the nation, including some during the Trump administration, according to U.S. officials.

Aside from the government response, fuzzy videos dotted social media as people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the “spy balloon” in the sky as it headed southeastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet.

China's flight of a suspected surveillance balloon over the United States appears to mark a more aggressive - albeit puzzling - espionage tactic than relying on satellites and the theft of industrial and defense secrets, security experts said.

While U.S. and Chinese officials are giving conflicting narratives over the balloon's purpose, it poses no safety threat to civilians. But that hasn't stopped people from tracking its route.

Development comes as original spy balloon continues to move east across the US

President Biden was briefed on the balloon Tuesday and chose against shooting it down as it could cause debris

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his upcoming trip to Beijing after the U.S. detected what it called a Chinese surveillance balloon lingering at high altitude over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department says it’s monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, as of Friday floating over the Central U.S. and underscoring mutual suspicion between the world’s two largest economies just as top diplomats had prepared to hold talks in Beijing. Here’s what we know so far:

The Chinese balloon drifting high above the U.S. and first revealed over Montana has created a buzz down below among residents — and raised a chorus of alarm from elected officials

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration postponed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to Beijing after detecting a Chinese surveillance balloon that was lingering at high altitude over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana.