Who gives a shit about a balloon?

@Dlrannie It is not a weather balloon. Period.

@MarkPaul Kindly provide your evidence to substantiate your claim.

@Dlrannie

1. Weather data collection does not require a balloon of that size.
2. It is standard international practice to announce the release of weather balloons.
3. Weather balloons, to be of any practical use, don't travel 18 km high where they are visible, but too high to provide meaningful data.
4. IF it was a weather balloon, China would simply have navigated it to land if it had blown off-course.
5. The monitoring equipment observed on the balloon from the fly-bys don't resemble weather-collection devices.

@MarkPaul. Your five points are purely speculation/ supposition and do not therefore constitute evidence

@Dlrannie I stand by my sources and reporting. You can wait until you get confirmation in the mainstream media though.

@MarkPaul Interesting to note that you aren’t prepared to name any specific evidence to support your view.

@Dlrannie I have to protect my sources. I have given all the information you need to prove my point. And, for the record, you haven't provided any specific evidence to support China's claim... other than China's claim. Live by your own standards.

@MarkPaul All you’ve provide is opinion not actual evidence - perhaps your sources are doing the same 😂

@Dlrannie All you provide is China excuse based on a lie. Perhaps you can't think for yourself. 😎

@MarkPaul And we come back to your inability to provide evidence China is telling a lie.

@Dlrannie And, we circle back to your lie that China is telling the truth. I provided factual and logical points of reason. You have provided... nothing.

@MarkPaul Points of reason are not factual evidence - oh I haven't lied merely stated what China had said.

@Dlrannie Well, in that case, I am merely stating what knowledgeable sources are saying. Points of logic and reason are the foundation for evidence which is being collected as we write.

@Dlrannie the chicoms don't get The Weather Channel?