China has said the balloon was for weather monitoring. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The suspected Chinese spy balloon that passed over the United States early this year used American technology that helped it collect audio-visual information, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing preliminary findings from a closely held investigation.
Analysis from several US defence and intelligence agencies, found that the balloon carried commercially available US gear, along with more specialised Chinese sensors and other equipment toto transmit to China, the WSJ said, citing US officials. The findings support a conclusion that the craft was intended for spying, and not for weather monitoring as China had claimed, the report said.
But the balloon did not seem to send data from its eight-day passage over Alaska, Canada and some other contiguous US states back to China, WSJ said. The White House and the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.More On This Topic
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