The Pentagon announced the discovery of a Chinese reconnaissance balloon in the skies over the United States.
It was also reported that the US military has been recording the use of such devices over the past few years.
In particular, the press secretary of the country’s Ministry of Defense, Patrick Ryder, shared such information with the general public.
The United States Government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude reconnaissance balloon currently over the continental United States. – representative of the TASS department.
According to him, Washington continues to “closely monitor” the movement of the spy balloon.
And at the time of the press secretary’s statement, this air object was at a significantly higher altitude than the one at which commercial transportation is carried out.
The balloon at that time posed neither a military nor a physical threat “to people on the ground,” the press secretary reassured the Americans.
After the ball was discovered, US authorities immediately took measures to prevent the collection of important information, Ryder assured.
