[Chad C. Mulligan]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this balloon is probably at 100,000 feet or higher. No fighter in any National Guard fleet can get that high. Not even close.

[Dr. Franklin]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this balloon is probably at 100,000 feet or higher. No fighter in any National Guard fleet can get that high. Not even close.

Well you are wrong. It's altitude is 65,617 feet, and likely descending as it travels:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/chinese-spy-balloon-forecast-to-fly-over-these-states-in-the-next-few-hours/ar-AA1753dR

I can't believe a National Guard fighter couldn't take it down.

[Romulus]

Half of that. They can reach it.

[Cold Heart]

60,000ft