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Chinese spy balloon surveilling US: senior official
abc7.ny.com ^ | Feb 2, 2023 | Martha Raddatz

Posted on 02/02/2023 2:47:00 PM PST by rdl6989

A massive spy balloon from China is flying over the continental U.S., government officials said Thursday.

"The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is flying over the continental United States right now," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. "NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) continues to track and monitor it closely."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: balloon; billings; ccp; china; montana; norad; patrickryder; patryder; spyballoon; spying; surveillance; ufos
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1 posted on 02/02/2023 2:47:00 PM PST by rdl6989
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Pop it.


2 posted on 02/02/2023 2:47:38 PM PST by packagingguy
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Shoot it down.


3 posted on 02/02/2023 2:48:30 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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I agree but Gen. Milley has advised Biden not to do it for fear of wreckage hitting a populated area.


4 posted on 02/02/2023 2:49:10 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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The balloon was seen over Montana earlier Thursday, the official said.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that there was a ground stop in Billings, Montana, on Wednesday but an agency spokesperson did not share more details.

Earlier Thursday, a senior U.S. official described the balloon to ABC News as the size of three buses, with a technology bay.


5 posted on 02/02/2023 2:49:23 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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current government doesn’t have the sense to pop it. their deonrats.


6 posted on 02/02/2023 2:49:43 PM PST by Ronald77
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Where’s a Sharpshooter when the country needs one?


7 posted on 02/02/2023 2:50:02 PM PST by lee martell (.)
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If its in US airspace, shoot it down. Depending on what it is, could be a causus belli.


8 posted on 02/02/2023 2:50:07 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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Fox 1 Away!


9 posted on 02/02/2023 2:50:55 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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Probably looking for real estate to buy

Now we know what the last coupla ‘UAP’ sightings are


10 posted on 02/02/2023 2:52:12 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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Cheaper and easier to launch than a satellite.


11 posted on 02/02/2023 2:52:30 PM PST by hattend
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12 posted on 02/02/2023 2:53:34 PM PST by PGR88 (, )
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All it takes is one drone with a pin on its nose.


13 posted on 02/02/2023 2:54:35 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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Balloon Boy would know what to do


14 posted on 02/02/2023 2:54:55 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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Wonder if something could be done to obscure its view of the ground. Launch our own drone underneath it to spew smoke or something...


15 posted on 02/02/2023 2:55:13 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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I agree but Gen. Milley has advised Biden not to do it for fear of wreckage hitting a populated area.

That's a ridiculous reason for not shooting it down. What are the chances it would hit anything in Montana? And even if it did, how much damage could a falling balloon cause? It's just an excuse for not doing anything against the democrats' (and especially the Biden family's) most important friend.

16 posted on 02/02/2023 2:57:10 PM PST by norcal joe
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What could they possibly not know?


17 posted on 02/02/2023 2:57:44 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Surely we saw this thing as it crossed the Pacific.


18 posted on 02/02/2023 2:57:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Reports are that this isn’t the first one, just the first one that was reported on.


19 posted on 02/02/2023 2:59:42 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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Milley be their BFF.


20 posted on 02/02/2023 2:59:57 PM PST by OKSooner (War is a racket. COVID-19 is a racket.)
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