Did Chinese-Sent Surveillance Balloons Fly Over the US During Trump’s Presidency?

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Did Chinese-Sent Surveillance Balloons Fly Over the US During Trump’s Presidency?
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An official with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said, yes, such surveillance balloons had transited American airspace during Trump's presidency, and a top general with NORAD said those past flights went undetected by the military.

on DoD's website on Feb. 4, an unnamed senior military and senior defense official said Chinese-sent surveillance balloons had transited the U.S."at least three times during the prior administration and once that we know of at the beginning of this administration." The full quote read:

defense officials made the disclosure — that is, that similar surveillance balloons had been spotted in U.S. airspace prior to the 2023 incident — to lawmakers for the first time on Feb. 4, the same day as the above-described briefing.reached out to the Pentagon to get more information, and an official said,"at this time we have nothing further to add beyond what was stated during [the above briefing].

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