> How do we know it is a spy balloon and not just a weather balloon that got lost?? We don’t _know_ this AFAIK, but we can make educated assumptions > If it i

> How do we know it is a spy balloon and not just a weather balloon that got lost?? We don’t _know_ this AFAIK, but we can make educated assumptions > If it is a spy balloon why not take it down gently and look at its payload? That’s what they did > Did the balloon got on top of a military base by chance or was it directed? Not publicly known AFAIK > How was it directed from so far away if the balloon has no propellers? I believe they said it had a propeller, but even if it didn’t balloons can be directed by changing altitude since the wind blows different directions based on how high up you are. This is how hot air balloons navigate