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by ianburrell 1226 days ago
Balloons move with wind and can track the winds back to origin. I guess we can’t figure how far back the origin was but can make a guess.

Another thing is that other countries have radar. They likely tracked the balloon but ignored it. Russia probably won’t help but Japan might have seen it. Also, US is tracking balloons from before they enter Alaska.

We know the balloon is Chinese because they claimed. We don’t know what the other objects were.