Weather balloon! Civilian airship? At freezing temps 40-60 thousand miles above where planes fly? Lies and misinformation
Chinese balloon flying over US 'intentional,' not weather craft that blew off course, US official says Senior US official says it was 'bold' of Chinese government to fly spy balloon over US territory!
U.S. officials on Friday disputed claims from the People's Republic of China that a Chinese surveillance balloon detected over the northern United States was a "civilian airship" that had blown off course.
The balloon is flying anywhere from 52,000 to 100,000 feet (not miles) above the earth's surface.
Jet airliners fly at max about 42,000 feet.
Some fighter jets can go higher, but not much past 50,000.
Didn't the U2 fly at 60-80k ft?
It may have, but that was a highly specialized spy plane. Regular jet airliners don't go much past 42,000 feet.
Sorry, yes. I wasn't trying to correct you, just adding some useless info :D