00:00At a glance, you might think this is simply the moon traveling across the sky through its normal daytime trajectory,
00:05but it's not.
00:06This is what experts are now saying is likely a Chinese spy balloon that was recently spotted hovering over Montana.
00:13Reuters reports it's been passing over the U.S. for a couple of days now, something many are criticizing as
00:18an odd and bold move,
00:20especially as Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit the East Asian country just next week.
00:24This video of the device was captured from below in Billings, Montana, which probably has you asking yourself, why Montana?
00:31Well, that's unclear.
00:33In fact, senior international defense researcher and member of think tank RAND, John Periccini says,
00:38they're not going to see anything more with a spy balloon versus a satellite.
00:41Adding, President Biden has talked about keeping lines of communication open to the Chinese government,
00:46and Secretary Blinken's trip to the People's Republic of China in the coming days was part of that effort.
00:50So this creates a complication for both the United States and China to discuss, and it's an unfortunate provocation.
00:57The Pentagon has reportedly advised the president not to shoot the balloon out of the air,
01:01as it poses no threat to commercial air traffic, yet the debris caused by it falling could be dangerous.
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