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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

Hmmm.🤔


41 posted on 02/02/2023 3:10:44 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: janetjanet998

How does a balloon hover?🤨


42 posted on 02/02/2023 3:12:55 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: rdl6989

The democrats are in bed with China. They won’t let anyone shoot it down.


43 posted on 02/02/2023 3:13:36 PM PST by Revel
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To: Elsie

Steve Lookner cited a source that said at least one F-22 scrambled towards it.


44 posted on 02/02/2023 3:13:43 PM PST by norcal joe
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To: rdl6989

Sometimes wisdom is just being old and remembering stuff that young folks don’t even know about.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/09/us/russian-air-force-tu154-overflight-dc/index.html


45 posted on 02/02/2023 3:13:48 PM PST by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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To: rdl6989

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Chinese+spy+balloon&ia=web


46 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...)
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To: BiteYourSelf

Neutral buoyancy


47 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...)
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To: rdl6989

The Japanese sent balloons over to set fires here and there during WWII.


48 posted on 02/02/2023 3:15:30 PM PST by ryderann
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To: armourenthusiast

I learn something new here every day.


49 posted on 02/02/2023 3:16:08 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: armourenthusiast

Nothing new under the sun...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=civil+war+recon+balloons&ia=web


50 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...)
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To: norcal joe

Lookner’s Agenda Free TV live

https://youtu.be/S0Ap266Qr-c


51 posted on 02/02/2023 3:18:23 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: BiteYourSelf

With great difficulty.


52 posted on 02/02/2023 3:19:15 PM PST by sport
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To: ryderann

...and nobody knew about them until ten years after the war. They didn’t cause any noticeable damage.


53 posted on 02/02/2023 3:20:04 PM PST by GingisK
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To: rdl6989

That looks pretty big and low in that picture.


54 posted on 02/02/2023 3:21:46 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: virgil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_military_ballooning


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...)
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To: rdl6989

WHY HASN’T IT BEEN SHOT DOWN?!


56 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.)
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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.


57 posted on 02/02/2023 3:23:23 PM PST by fightin kentuckian
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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


58 posted on 02/02/2023 3:26:11 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

BIDEN WAS ASKED ABOUT IT TODAY AND REFUSED TO ANSWER


59 posted on 02/02/2023 3:26:13 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: rdl6989

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11707697/Chinese-surveillance-balloon-spotted-Montana.html


60 posted on 02/02/2023 3:26:16 PM PST by DFG
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