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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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To: Brookhaven
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:10:44 PM PST
by 
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
 
To: janetjanet998
    How does a balloon hover?🤨
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:12:55 PM PST
by 
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
 
To: rdl6989
    The democrats are in bed with China. They won’t let anyone shoot it down.
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:13:36 PM PST
by 
Revel
 
To: Elsie
    Steve Lookner cited a source that said at least one F-22 scrambled towards it.
 
To: rdl6989
To: rdl6989
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:14:25 PM PST
by 
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
 
To: BiteYourSelf
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:15:15 PM PST
by 
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
 
To: rdl6989
    The Japanese sent balloons over to set fires here and there during WWII.
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:15:30 PM PST
by 
ryderann
 
To: armourenthusiast
    I learn something new here every day.
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:16:08 PM PST
by 
rdl6989
( )
 
To: armourenthusiast
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:16:13 PM PST
by 
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
 
To: norcal joe
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:18:23 PM PST
by 
TomGuy
 
To: BiteYourSelf
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:19:15 PM PST
by 
sport
 
To: ryderann
    ...and nobody knew about them until ten years after the war. They didn’t cause any noticeable damage.
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:20:04 PM PST
by 
GingisK
 
To: rdl6989
    That looks pretty big and low in that picture.
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:21:46 PM PST
by 
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them )
 
To: virgil
55
posted on 
02/02/2023 3:22:21 PM PST
by 
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
 
To: rdl6989
    WHY HASN’T IT BEEN SHOT DOWN?!
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:22:49 PM PST
by 
Reno89519
(DeSantis or Anyone But Trump in 2024.  Time for Trump to Retire, Spend Time With His Family.)
 
To: rdl6989
    Giant Chineese Spy Ballon drifting over America and they decide to monitor it? Really? That’s an act of war or use to be at one time in my life.
 
To: rdl6989
    If you sow the wind you reap the whirlwind. I don’t think the US is ready to handle the pot that it stirring up all around the world
 
To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...
    BIDEN WAS ASKED ABOUT IT TODAY AND REFUSED TO ANSWER
 
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posted on 
02/02/2023 3:26:13 PM PST
by 
bitt
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To: rdl6989
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02/02/2023 3:26:16 PM PST
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DFG
 
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