President Biden will reference the Chinese surveillance craft that crossed the continental U.S. in his State of the Union address Tuesday, a senior administration official told Fox News.
The “reference” to the Chinese spy balloon that carried sensors and surveillance equipment is expected to be brief, though Fox News is told Biden is still making edits to the speech as of Tuesday.
A large balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, on Saturday, Feb. 4. (Chad Fish via AP)
The surveillance flight first crossed Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28, but the North American Aerospace Defense Command did not take immediate action because the balloon was “not demonstrating hostile act or hostile intent,” said Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck.
The air vessel was spotted on Feb. 1 over Montana, which is home…
