ABC: Closing airspace over some North and South Carolina airspace for national security reasons.
ABC about a US official: We want to keep the balloon for study and plan to drop it in US territorial waters.
ABC, on the authority of an American official: We are studying waiting for the Chinese airship to pass and drop it over the Atlantic Ocean.
The US Aviation Agency announces the suspension of aircraft departures from 3 airports in North and South Carolina.
The US Aviation Agency says that the decision came to support the Pentagon in a process related to national security.