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The bizarre secret behind China's spy balloon

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71% Informative

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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76

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74

Neutral language

58

Article tone

informal

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English

Language complexity

35

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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