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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: Reno89519

Brandon’s advisors are afraid the debris will fall and hit somebody. Yeah, in the remote wilds of Montana.


61 posted on 02/02/2023 3:27:04 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: lee martell

Let me ask you this; What if that balloon is filled with biological agent you pop iT goes down and spreads? What if it’s filled with the chemical weapon?


62 posted on 02/02/2023 3:28:04 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: rdl6989

tik. tok.


63 posted on 02/02/2023 3:32:02 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (/s)
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To: blackdog

“..Some good old boys and a P-Baron with a 30.06....”

Surprised it hasn’t happened already.
An 06, .338 Lapua or .50BMG....someone’s gonna take a shot eventually.


64 posted on 02/02/2023 3:32:16 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: All

VIDEO: Clear footage of the suspected Chinese spy balloon over US
https://rumble.com/v284x0n-clear-footage-of-the-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-over-us.html


65 posted on 02/02/2023 3:35:22 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: janetjanet998

It says the video is restricted.


66 posted on 02/02/2023 3:36:37 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: rdl6989

Anyone know how high it is? And if it’s using H2 or He for lift. Be a shame if former caught fire.


67 posted on 02/02/2023 3:38:33 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris a events are called dodo ops)
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To: rdl6989

Making an express delivery of Fentanyl to Delaware or Martha’s Vineyard. Now our airspace is just as secure as our southern border. Will border agents be expected to provide water bottles and bus tickets to the passengers when they land?


68 posted on 02/02/2023 3:38:57 PM PST by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: rdl6989

dart it....


69 posted on 02/02/2023 3:43:35 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Lawn Chair Larry. He took a BB-Gun to shoot balloons to assist his descent.


70 posted on 02/02/2023 3:44:43 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: VanShuyten

F Troop: “IT IS BALLOON!”


71 posted on 02/02/2023 3:44:48 PM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nationThat of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: rdl6989

Now that they announced what it is, maybe a cowboy will shoot it down


72 posted on 02/02/2023 3:45:43 PM PST by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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To: norcal joe

Just ram it or shoot it down—the woke military is a sick joke.


73 posted on 02/02/2023 3:47:49 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: blackdog

Doesn’t such a balloon hang out at 60,000 feet or so?


74 posted on 02/02/2023 3:50:05 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: ryderann

There were some claims that the Japanese WWII balloons were for biological warfare but .gov kept it secret.


75 posted on 02/02/2023 3:50:31 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: rottweiller_inc

“What if it’s filled with the chemical weapon?”

Well the geniuses in the Pentagon can shoot it down over the sparse West or wait until it hovers over a populated area.

Shoot it down—now.


76 posted on 02/02/2023 3:51:59 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: rdl6989

Joe must be getting 10% for it to be there


77 posted on 02/02/2023 3:53:45 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: ryderann
The Japanese sent balloons over to set fires here and there during WWII.

That fact was kept secret to prevent panic. In total, about 9,300 balloons were launched, of which about 300 were discovered in North America. On May 5, 1945, six civilians were killed near Bly, Oregon, when they discovered one of the balloon bombs in Fremont National Forest, becoming the only fatalities from enemy action in the continental U.S. during the war.

The most tactically successful attack took place on March 10, 1945, when one of the balloons descended near Toppenish, Washington, and caused a short circuit in power lines supplying the Manhattan Project's production facility at the Hanford Engineer Works. Backup devices quickly restored power at the site, but it took three days for its nuclear reactors to be brought to full capacity; plutonium produced in the reactors was later used in Fat Man, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki in August 1945.

78 posted on 02/02/2023 3:53:57 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: rdl6989
Yep, there is no better place in the lower 48 to shoot it down than eastern Montana or the Dakotas.

What about over SF, Seattle, Portland, DC, Detroit, NYC, or several other urban cesspools?

79 posted on 02/02/2023 3:54:28 PM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: jjotto

That’s why the P-Baron. It gets you half way there. Piper Cub just doesn’t have the ceiling.


80 posted on 02/02/2023 3:56:30 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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