Citizens, we must continue to watch the skies. No, Marvin isn’t here yet. I’m talking about the terror of Chinese spy balloons. Which don’t spy.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the Chinese government “both unacceptable and irresponsible” for flying the balloon over US territory, and called off a planned visit to Beijing in response. China maintained that the balloon was a civilian craft that had been blown off course, an explanation that Milley now admits was possible.

“Those winds are very high,” Milley said, referring to the currents above Hawaii that steered the balloon east across the US. “The particular motor on that aircraft can’t go against those winds at that altitude.”

Despite revealing that the balloon did not collect intelligence, Milley told ABC News that it was equipped with the necessary sensors and transmitters to do so. “I would say it was a spy balloon that we know with high degree of certainty got no intelligence, and didn’t transmit any intelligence back to China,” he said.

We knew this back in June/July. Some of us were able to guess this was the case back when the incident happened. Regardless of any balloon’s capabilities, there is simply no intelligence in Amerika to gather.