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By Zamone Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n The Pentagon said Thursday that the Chinese spy balloon that flew across the continental United States earlier this year did not collect any data during its flight.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has been our assessment now that [the spy balloon] did not collect while it was transiting the United States or overflying the United States,\u201d Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during the briefing. \u201cAnd as we said at the time, we also took step steps to mitigate potential collection efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n Defense officials had previously said the spy balloon did not transmit data back to Beijing, but had not said whether the the devices attached to the spy balloon had been able to collect data.<\/p>\n The spy balloon entered U.S. airspace on Jan. 28 over the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, then made its way across Canada and the continental United States. The airborne craft was spotted by the public over Montana, flying near military installations including nuclear missile silos, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n