China says it is a research balloon. The common view in the United States is that it is a spying device. We know that it doesn’t resemble other weather balloons. And it’s much larger than them.

The Chinese balloon that sparked panic when it flew over ... “A Chinese company would not have given them a full satcom [satellite communications] coverage of the US,” said one of the sources ...

Morrow, 29, lives in a small apartment in Houston, and makes his living as a wedding videographer. But his true passion, passed down from his parents, is balloons. He has transformed that passion into ...

Even so, the arrival last month of a Chinese high-altitude balloon called for a measure of creativity, putting weapons to an unfamiliar test. On Jan. 28, a new and unexpected threat floated into U ...