Beijing, balloon over Latin America is Chinese and for civilian use

(ANSA) - BEIJING, FEBRUARY 06 - China has confirmed the second balloon reported by the Pentagon to fly over Latin America as its own, after the one shot down by the US military after it ended up in US airspace.

Also in this case, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning reported, 'the unmanned airship' is one of those for civilian use, essentially for weather activities. "The balloon has limited self-governance capacity," Mao said in the daily briefing. The Colombian Air Force said on Saturday that a possible balloon was detected in its air defense system on Friday morning.(ANSA).