Exclusive: US intelligence assessments document Chinese spy balloon incident under Trump 

A US military intelligence report from last year, which focused on China's use of high-altitude balloons,

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noted sightings in Hawaii and Florida during the Trump presidency, according to an excerpt from the report reviewed

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I went. The April 2022 report, titled "People's Republic of China High-Altitude Balloon",

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found a Chinese spy balloon "circling the globe" in 2019 – while

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Donald Trump was president – at an altitude of nearly 65,000 feet, and "Airborne and drifted past"

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across Florida before continuing its journey," the US Air Force document stated.

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The Air Force intelligence report is the first indication that the US military was aware of the latest incident of Chinese spy balloons.

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However, it is not clear from the documents when US officials first became aware of the Chinese flights or what they assessed their purpose.

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An Air Force assessment obtained by CNN says a spy balloon was "launched and controlled"

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