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The Romanian Air Force surveillance system has detected an

aerial target that looked like a weather balloon flying in the country's airspace

, the Romanian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

Two MiG 21 LanceR aircraft

have been dispatched to the area in southeastern Romania ten minutes after the sighting, but have been unable to confirm the presence of the target, the ministry said, adding that the balloon was flying at a speed of up to 20 km

. /h

.

In recent days, air balloons have been very topical after the cross accusations of espionage between the United States and China.

After four "flying objects" were shot down by

the United States

in recent days,

China

on Monday said it had a UFO - without the alien connotation of the acronym - near its east coast.

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