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U.S. tracking high-altitude surveillance balloon
By C. Todd Lopez, DOD
Published February 2, 2023; 9:10 p.m.
An intelligence-gathering balloon, most certainly launched by the People's Republic of China, is currently floating above the United States, the Defense Department announced Thursday evening.
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