Balloon shot down

A U.S. military fighter jet shot down the airship, which Washington has described as a suspected Chinese spy balloon, off the coast of South Carolina on ...

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Sightings of a massive surveillance balloon believed to be from China were popping up on social media as the object traveled across the U.S..

ABC News confirmed another sighting of the balloon around 9:41 a.m. The balloon entered U.S. official familiar with the situation. [downed](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=533682368863066) in U.S. Other footage captured it over Billings over the next hour, as civilians wondered what the object was. airspace over U.S. 28 north of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, according to a senior military official. It was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean Saturday afternoon. ET: The balloon was seen over the coastal city of Myrtle, along with U.S. ET: Social media sightings popped up as the balloon moved southeastwardly across the continental U.S. ET: More than two hours later, it was filmed east of Reed Point, in Billings, Montana. 9:41 a.m.

The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North ...

The FAA rerouted air traffic from the area and warned of delays as a result of the flight restrictions. Blinken, who had been due to depart Washington for Beijing late Friday, said he had told senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in a phone call that sending the balloon over the U.S. The officials said the U.S. China has continued to claim that the balloon was merely a weather research “airship” that had been blown off course. The Pentagon also acknowledged reports of a second balloon flying over Latin America. “In actuality, the U.S. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was more positive: “Thank you to the men and women of the United States military who were responsible for completing the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon. The officials briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. “Officials in the national security community have been working bi-nationally and Canada has been closely engaged with its U.S. The debris landed in 47 feet of water, shallower than officials had expected, and it spread out over roughly seven miles and the recovery operation included several ships. Biden wanted the balloon downed on Wednesday but was advised that the best time for the operation would be when it was over water, U.S. On Friday, Anand’s office declined to comment on whether the balloon flew over Canadian airspace, but her Saturday statement says it “violated U.S.

The United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the country's southeastern coast on Saturday, a Reuters witness and U.S. ...

"The U.S. The U.S. China's Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday that the flight of the "airship" over the U.S. China is keen for a stable U.S. military did not immediately recover the payload from the Chinese surveillance balloon, U.S. Washington has called the balloon a "clear violation" of U.S. The shootdown came shortly after the U.S. A stream came from a jet and hit the balloon, but there was no explosion, the photographer said. A Reuters photographer said the suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the southeastern U.S. In a statement on Saturday following the downing, Austin thanked Canada "for its contribution to tracking and analysis of the balloon ... sovereignty and notified Beijing about the shootdown on Saturday, a U.S. coast, over relatively shallow water, potentially aiding efforts to recover key elements of the Chinese surveillance equipment among the debris in the coming days, officials said.