#shorts On 2/16/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to confirm reports claiming US Intelligence watched the spy balloon lift off near China’s south coast. CBS News on Tuesday night reported US Intelligence actually saw the spy balloon lift off near China’s south coast and tracked it for nearly a week before it entered US airspace. “U.S. intelligence watched the Chinese spy balloon as it lifted off near China’s south coast, meaning the U.S. military had been tracking it for nearly a week before it entered U.S. airspace. Longer than originally know,” CBS News reported. “What they saw was this balloon heading east from China towards Guam and Hawaii, but then it took a sharp northward turn – a beeline towards Alaska!” CBS reported.

A reporter asked Karine Jean-Pierre about the CBS report, “There’s been some reporting about this, but it would be great to hear about it from you. When did the U.S. first begin tracking the balloon? Was when it first took off from Hainan Island?”

KJP: So, that’s a good question. I know that the Pentagon has answered — kind of answered that before, actually laid out a timeline of when that all occurred. I don’t have that in front of me to share with all of you, so I would point you to the Pentagon.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/7VruzWEp-xM
Q: when first started tracking balloon? A: a good question