While #Washington was quick to describe the first object as a suspected #Chinese surveillance #balloon, there appears to be more #mystery around the latest items.

The #Department of Defence confirmed its fighter jets brought down the #balloon over US territorial waters

#Balloon saga deflates efforts to mend #US-China relations Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for 'blasphemous content'

The #balloon – which is the size of three buses – has been seen over #Montana, which is home to underground US military intercontinental ballistic missile silos.

Later the US #reported a second Chinese #balloon floating over Latin America.

The #balloon – which is the size of three buses – has been seen over #Montana, which is home to underground US military intercontinental ballistic missile silos.

The #balloon – which is the size of three buses – has been seen over #Montana, which is home to underground US military intercontinental ballistic missile silos.

Giant dome bursts 'like a #balloon' and #collapses 'a lot quicker than it went up'

‘ #Ganga from a height’: Hot air #balloon festival in Varanasi leaves people enthralled