Lt.-Gen. Alain Pelletier, the deputy commander of Norad, has stated that a suspected Chinese spy balloon passed through “radar gaps” during its flight over Canada, making it difficult to track its path. Maj.-Gen. Paul Prevost of the Canadian Armed Forces strategic joint staff also appeared before a parliamentary committee to discuss the balloon’s journey through Canada on Jan. 30-31. The two say the balloon passed near several Canadian military bases, but did not pass over anything of particular significance before it re-entered the United States and was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. Pelletier also mentioned that they won’t know exactly what the balloon was capable of until it can be analyzed.
Chinese balloon flew undetected over Canada, evading NORAD’s radar.
