NORAD Fighters Jet Intercept High Altitude Balloon over US

Defense News ,U.S :- A small balloon floating high above Utah caught the attention of fighter aircraft recently, but officials say it's nothing to worry about. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) reported that the balloon was flying between 43,000 and 45,000 feet in the air.

NORAD sent fighter jets to check it out, but they quickly determined that the balloon wasn't a danger and couldn't move around on its own. Both NORAD and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concluded that the balloon didn't pose any threat to national security or flight safety.

Even though it's not a problem, NORAD will keep an eye on the balloon, just to be sure. According to an unnamed official, the balloon had a box hanging below it, shaped like a cube and about two feet long on each side.

This situation is different from last year when the United States took down a large balloon from China that was seen near nuclear weapons sites. China insisted it was a weather research balloon that had drifted off course, not a spy balloon as some suspected.