"Pentagon Monitors Non-Threatening High-Altitude Balloon Over Western US"
TL;DR
The US military is tracking a high-altitude balloon flying over the Western US, which was intercepted by NORAD fighters over Utah and determined to not be a threat to national security or flight safety. Its origin is currently unknown, and its presence comes a year after a similar incident involving a high-altitude balloon from China caused political tension, although the Pentagon later stated that it did not collect any intelligence.
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- US military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western US The Independent
- Military tracks high-altitude balloon over western US Fox News
- US tracking balloon observed over southwest earlier this morning, but it does not pose a threat, according to NORAD CNN
- Small, nonthreatening balloon intercepted over Utah by NORAD The Associated Press
- Pentagon tracking new unidentified balloon over western US POLITICO
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