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What to know about the suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the U.S.

The huge Chinese balloon has ignited domestic curiosities, political finger-pointing, and an international diplomatic crisis, leaving Americans across the middle swath of the country looking to the skies for the white floating apparatus. Where it will go remains unknown, but officials have confirmed it continues to move east and dismiss Beijing's insistence it is a weather balloon that got blown off track.

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    Another Chinese 'surveillance balloon' is flying over Latin America, Pentagon says

    Another Chinese 'surveillance balloon' is flying over Latin America, Pentagon says

    The Pentagon said Friday it does not plan to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating 60,000 feet above the U.S. because "any potential debris field would be significant" and could cause "civilian injuries or deaths or significant property damage” — but did not provide a plan to respond to the slow-moving violation of "U.S. airspace and international law."

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