The Pentagon has rejected China's claims that a suspected spy balloon that is currently in US airspace was being used for weather and had blown off course.
US officials also confirmed on Friday afternoon that the balloon had moved eastward and is now over the central United States.
China had claimed that the balloon was a weather research satellite that had blown off course, with Beijing saying it was used for "mainly meteorological" purposes.
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