NORAD chief says earlier Chinese balloon transits went undetected
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Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of NORAD and Northern Command, told reporters that earlier Chinese balloon flights over the U.S. had not been detected in real time, calling it a domain awareness gap; intelligence found them afterward. A U.S. official said the UAP review helped identify the program.
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