WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Saturday it had reopened some airspace in Montana after it was briefly closed for undisclosed Defense Department activities.
The FAA issued a notice temporarily banning flights in an area of about 50 by 50 nautical miles around Havre, Montana, near the Canadian border and classified the area as “national defense airspace.”
The FAA said just before 8:30 pm ET the airspace was reopened.
The FAA declined to say whether the directive relates to another suspected balloon or object. The FAA issued similar actions in response to a suspected Chinese spy balloon that crossed the continental United States from Montana to South Carolina and was shot down earlier this month.
Reporting by David Shepardson, editing by Deepa Babington
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