A Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by American forces earlier this month flew over a Canadian territory and province before re-entering U.S.
airspace, defence officials say. The surveillance balloon unlawfully entered Canadian airspace between Jan. 30 and 31 – just a few days before its discovery was announced by the Pentagon on Feb.
2 while it hovered over the U.S. Midwest, eventually resulting in its takedown off the coast of the Carolinas on Feb. 4. NORAD – the continental air defence network – began tracking the balloon as it approached U.S.
airspace in late January, the Pentagon said earlier this month. It passed north of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace before crossing back into the U.S.