Those clever Chinese, they knew exactly how to pull this off

Pentagon declines to shoot down Chinese spy balloon, leaving it free to roam unmolested over our secret military installations: “Popping it would undo ten years of our diversity and inclusion efforts in just one minute”, General Harvey Milk told FWIW. “Why, the prospect has me literally quivering in fright!”

(UPDATE) Today a Pentagon spokesman told Americans to, essentially, “relax, we’ve got this under control; trust us.” If there was ever cause to trust the military, that time has long passed.