U.S. officials have pointed out that Chinese balloon has appeared over the five contin

U.S. officials pointed out that China has a scouting balloon fleet and said that Chinese balloon has appeared over the five continents in the past few years.

According to the US Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Saturday (February 4), the senior national defense official said that the memberBalloon above.The report did not provide the identity of the official.

The official said: "These balloons are all (the People's Republic of China) to conduct reconnaissance operations, and the developed balloon fleet is part of the reconnaissance operations.It was conducted under the guidance of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. "

The official also said:" In the past few years, Chinese balloon has been discovered over the five continents, including East Asia, South Asia and Europe"

The US Department of Defense reported on Friday (3rd) that a Chinese balloon appeared over Latin America.

The United States CNN reported that the specific location of this balloon is not clear, but some US officials told CNN that the balloon does not seem to fly to the United States.

CNN also reported that at least six witnesses in Latin America claimed that they saw a white balloon and shared the videos and images of air balloon in Colombia and Central America Costa, but CNN CNN, but CNNIt is emphasized that they cannot confirm whether the Chinese reconnaissance balloon appears in these images.

Colombian media quoted local military reports that some people saw a balloon fly over Columbia at a height of 70,000 feet.

The Colombian government and Costa Rica have not yet confirmed the balloon or issued an official statement.