“The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes,” the spokesperson said. “Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course.”

The Pentagon does not believe the object is a weather balloon that veered off course.

“This was intentional,” a senior U.S. official said, adding that the balloon initially took off from mainland China.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken canceled a previously planned trip to China as a result of the balloon’s discovery.

The balloon was seen over Kansas City and Missouri Friday. Ryder told reporters the balloon will probably hover over U.S. airspace “a few days.”

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