A new fashion in the skies of the States? After the United States flew over Thursday by a “Chinese surveillance balloon”, Colombia announces that it has detected a balloon over its territory on Friday morning. The Colombian Air Force clarified that the balloon had been monitored until it left national airspace, and assured that it had at no time “threatened” the security and defense of the country. country.
On February 3, “the National Air Defense System detected an object above 55,000 feet, which entered Colombian airspace through the northern sector of the country, moving at an average speed of 25 knots and having the characteristics of a balloon,” the army said in a statement on Saturday. The Colombian Air Force added that it was conducting “verifications with different countries and institutions to establish the origin of the object”.
On Friday, the Pentagon said a second Chinese surveillance balloon had been spotted flying over Latin America, the day after a similar balloon was found over the United States. No details on the location of this second balloon or its trajectory were then given.
The US military shot down on Saturday, on the orders of President Joe Biden, the Chinese balloon which was flying over the United States, provoking strong criticism from Beijing.