🇨🇦 🇺🇸 📃 🛸 NORAD – Statement on the High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon

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NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND

AND

UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND

PRESS RELEASE

Immediate

February 2, 2023

NORAD & U.S. Northern Command Statement on the High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon

The United States Government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) continues to track and monitor it closely. The NORAD commander, Gen Glen VanHerck, assesses the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. The balloon is currently travelling at altitude well above commercial air traffic.

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Retrieved From: NORAD

Transcribed By:

Logan Thompson