Look Up! Chinese Spy Balloon overhead

[toddnjoyce]

Apparently the payload is in about 45 feet of water and the USN is looking for it. Who knows if the public will get anything on it though.

US Navy releases first up-close look at Chinese surveillance balloon remnants | abc7chicago.com

The U.S. Navy released the first photos of the Chinese surveillance balloon recovery efforts off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

abc7chicago.com

Also, a U2 pilots took a selfie with the balloon and sent it in. It may have been how we first got knowledge of the balloon and it’s location.

“One pilot took a selfie in the cockpit that shows both the pilot and the surveillance balloon itself, these officials said -- an image that has already gained legendary status in both NORAD and the Pentagon.”
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Initial classified balloon report wasn't flagged as urgent, drawing criticism

A day before the suspected Chinese spy balloon entered US airspace over Alaska, the Defense Intelligence Agency quietly sent an internal report that a foreign object was headed towards US territory, military and intelligence officials familiar with the matter told CNN.

amp.cnn.com

 

[motorcarman]

 

[wiredgeorge]

At lunch of Fox news heard our own Sen. Cornpone declare that the recent uptick in UFO sightings around the country may actually be Chinese weather balloons... this is why we send that guy to Washington year after year. TERM LIMITS!

 

[candcallen]

And another something shot down off the west coast today.

 

[General Zod]

And another something shot down off the west coast today.

Apparently over territorial waters off NE Alaska near the Canadian border. Wreckage landed on the ice and they're trying to recover it. This one was smaller and drifting at 40,000 feet.

F-22 Shoots Down "Object" Flying High Over Alaskan Waters (Updated)

The new high-altitude incident in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska follows recent revelations about Chinese spy balloons.

www.thedrive.com

 

[kbaxter60]

Apparently over territorial waters off NE Alaska near the Canadian border. Wreckage landed on the ice and they're trying to recover it. This one was smaller and drifting at 40,000 feet.

F-22 Shoots Down "Object" Flying High Over Alaskan Waters (Updated)

The new high-altitude incident in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska follows recent revelations about Chinese spy balloons.

www.thedrive.com

Wonder what the huge hurry was about?
Why not let it drift across the entire continent and then deal with it?

Seriously, you do have to wonder if the first one was a test and this was the re-test...
How squishy is Dementia Joe, anyway?

 

[Wudidiz]

And another something shot down off the west coast today.

I believe Hunter’s contract with Xi Jinping requires an East coast shootdown to ensure final intelligence transmission prior to signal loss. Joe will be livid.

 

[General Zod]

Wonder what the huge hurry was about?
Why not let it drift across the entire continent and then deal with it?

I get the feeling for once the administration was paying attention to public reaction and realized they looked fucking stupid. So this time they reacted quickly...reinforcing how stupid they were with the last one.

The convenient reason they announced is that the lower altitude was a hazard to commercial airliners...although 40,000 feet is still about 5000 feet higher than most airliners fly.

 

[BigRed]

For the next one, can we get them to take that piece of **** obiden up? Maybe the Ho too? Maybe drop them from 60,000 feet?

 

[Havok1]

Took less time than I expected for them to send a second one our way.