A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on February 1, 2022.Chase Doak/via REUTERS A massive, high altitude balloon was spotted Tuesday drifting above the United States. Pentagon officials on Thursday identified the balloon as a "Chinese surveillance" device. On Friday, a second surveillance balloon was identified flying above Latin America. A second high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon has been spotted in Latin America as one discovered earlier this week drifts across the central United States, Pentagon officials said Friday.