Canada says it is monitoring a 'potential second incident' during the balloon episode

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A white high-altitude balloon in a blue sky over Billings, Montana
The Chinese surveillance balloon over Billings, Montana on Feb. 1, 2023 Chase Doak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

As the Chinese balloon crossed North America, Canada's Department of National Defence said NORAD was tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon and that Canada was monitoring a possible second incident. It did not say where either object was.

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  1. PressU.S. tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon but won't shoot it down (opens in a new tab)CBC News / 2023-02-03
  2. PressCanada monitoring potential second suspected spy balloon incident (opens in a new tab)BusinessWorld (Reuters) / 2023-02-03

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