4:50pm update
The search is on for the remains of the spy balloon. I guess it’s safe to assume the search area is here.
I’m also hearing that there “could” be another balloon operating, but the location isn’t publicly known.
1:41 pm update
The balloon has been shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. Now the Military will go into recovery mode.
12:50pm, 2/4/2023 update
The FAA has closed the airspace on the coast of N Carolina and S Carolina as the balloon closes in on the east coast. Reports are the US Military have been authorized to shoot it down over the Atlantic Ocean. The only planes in the sky are Military.
7:19 PM update
Another China spy balloon was located flying over Latin America. Are there more?
This just keeps getting better and better.
I just finished listening to the Pentagon press conference concerning the China owned surveillance balloon that was spotted yesterday. China has, of course, denied it was spying on the United States. However, the Pentagon says it is, in fact, a surveillance balloon.
The U.S. isn’t shooting it down because doing so would put the public in harm’s way. The debris has to go somewhere. However, I’m hearing they have been authorized to shoot it down if necessary. Maybe when it gets over an ocean.
This is another reason, as if we needed one, why we CAN NOT trust China or anything they say.
Here’s the briefing.
Here’s a link to the press statement released by the Department of Defense. U.S. Tracking High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon > U.S. Department of Defense > Defense Department News
Reagan would have shot that thing down overnight and we would hear about it later in the next day or so. Current government is sick.