Canada spotted an unidentified high-altitude weather balloon days before the U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of the Carolinas in early February, says Transport Canada.
“On January 31, 2023, Transport Canada was made aware of the possible presence of a High Altitude Balloon over Western Canada,” a spokesperson from the federal department told CTV News on March 2.
The Chinese surveillance balloon began making headlines on Feb. 1 when it was seen hovering over the state of Montana. It floated east over the continental U.S. before being shot down on Feb. 4, falling into the Atlantic Ocean.
NAV CANADA, the private not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada’s civil air navigation system, recorded the incident on Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS) on Feb. 9….