officials believe the high-altitude balloon was controlled by Beijing and was able to maneuver as it flew over the United States, at times steering left or right. military shot it down off the Atlantic Coast on Biden's orders. The balloon, which Beijing denies was a government spy vessel, spent a week flying over the United States and Canada before the U.S. 'China rejects distortion and hyping up of this incident,' spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular briefing in response to a question about the U.S. territory was 'an unexpected and isolated event'. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that China has made it clear that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over U.S. 'I could not confirm that there was real-time transmission from the balloon back to (China) at this time,' said Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh, adding, 'that's something we're analyzing right now.'

The Pentagon said experts were still analyzing debris collected from the balloon after it was shot down on Feb. The White House and the Pentagon told reporters that they could not confirm that account. officials and one former senior administration official. government's efforts to prevent it from doing so - a disclosure that could deepen Republican criticism of Biden for waiting for the balloon to reach a safe location before shooting it down. NBC News on Monday reported that the Chinese balloon was able to transmit data back to Beijing in real time despite the U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Monday it could not confirm reports that China was able to collect real-time data from a spy balloon as it flew over sensitive military sites earlier this year, saying analysis was still ongoing.

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