This sounds like a weird cope though. This is exactly what I expect the media to say if it actually was spy balloon that managed to acquire some top secret intel.
WHO
Extremely secure government confident in its legitimacy
Xi Jinping was reached for comment: "These burgers think I need a balloon? Motherfucker I can go on google maps and see your damn swimming pool in HD!" 
I like how the image captions still refer to the balloon as "possibly on an espionage mission" and "the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon" lmao
thats what THEY WANT YOU TO THINK
It becomes more clear when you remember that this isn’t the first time the US spent millions of military dollars to fire at unknown objects in the sky
The difference is that Battle of LA is a lot more intense, maybe justified, and spooky which makes it more interesting.
Next time, if such incident goes again, I will buy fucking 99 harmless balloons, humming to this beat, and lead them towards the Pentagon.
It's not a spy balloon. But what if it was? 
called it
Who would have thought a balloon is not useful for spying. You have little to no control over its direction, it isn't discrete, and most silly of all, why use that when you have satellites?
I guess the US was outwitted by a balloon after spending billions of dollars on cutting edge spy planes and powerful satellite cameras.
Of course they still don't see a difference between scientific sensors and spying equipment.
woaow what a suuuuurprise! 
I don't care what it was. Keep your cheap balloons out of my air space.
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