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The bizarre secret behind China's spy balloon
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A Chinese spy balloon was flying over the U.S. carrying two freight cars' worth of spying equipment.
The balloon floated over Alaska and Canada , and then over the lower 48 , to Billings , Montana .
The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says the balloon wasn't spying.
"High-confidence assessment [is] that there was no intelligence collection".
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