He is lying. People in several states on the ground saw the communist Chinese balloon floating by yet we are to believe NORAD did not?!!
General Says NORAD Missed Previous Chinese Spy Balloon Incursions During the Trump Administration
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/06/general-says-norad-missed-previous-chinese-spy-balloon-incursions-during-the-trump-administration/
Fire NORAD and hire Nena. She saw this coming back in the 1980s and even wrote a song about it.