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After determining that the balloon presented no threat to people on the ground or to aviation over Hawaii, the military took no action to bring it down, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not clear who owns the balloon, which has now passed out of Hawaii\u2019s airspace, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest balloon sighting comes about three months after the U.S. military shot down what officials said was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/02\/22\/heres-your-first-look-at-that-chinese-spy-balloon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese spy balloon<\/a> that crossed Alaska and part of Canada before returning to the U.S. and triggering widespread interest as it flew across the country. It was shot down over the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4. Large portions of the balloon were recovered by the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials said it was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries. Beijing insisted the balloon was just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds and had only limited \u201cself-steering\u201d capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military acknowledged there have been several other balloons that have been tracked over and near the U.S. in recent years, but none lingered over America for as long as that one did. 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