US spots second Chinese ‘spy balloon’ over Latin America
Identification of Chinese spy balloon over Latin America prompts scrapping of rare trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
This handout photo from Chase Doak taken on February 1, 2023 and released on February 2 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over Billings, Montana.
WASHINGTON: A Chinese spy balloon has been spotted over Latin America, the Pentagon said a day after a similar craft was seen in US skies, prompting the scrapping of a rare trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The Pentagon said the first balloon was now heading eastwards over the central United States, adding it was not being shot down for safety reasons.
Later Friday, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said: "We are seeing reports of a balloon...