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Another Chinese 'Surveillance Balloon' flies over Latin America, says Pentagon

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A second Chinese "surveillance balloon" was flying over Latin America, the Pentagon said on Friday, after a first balloon was detected the day before in the United States.

“We observed reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess that it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” said Defense Department spokesman Pat Ryder, without specifying the balloon’s exact location.

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