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BREAKING: US Intelligence Watched Spy Balloon as it Lifted Off Near China’s South Coast – US Military Tracked it For a WEEK Before it Entered US Airspace
gateway pundit ^ | 2/14/2023 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 02/14/2023 9:33:04 PM PST by bitt

CBS News on Tuesday night reported US Intelligence actually saw the spy balloon lift off near China’s south coast and tracked it for nearly a week before it entered US airspace.

“U.S. intelligence watched the Chinese spy balloon as it lifted off near China’s south coast, meaning the U.S. military had been tracking it for nearly a week before it entered U.S. airspace. Longer than originally know,” CBS News reported.

“What they saw was this balloon heading east from China towards Guam and Hawaii, but then it took a sharp northward turn – a beeline towards Alaska!” CBS reported.

Via CBS News:

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: alaska; china; chineseballoon; chinespuppetjoe; derelictionofduty; gatewaypunditlol; getabettersource; guam; hawaii; malfeasance; spyballoon; spying; treason; usmilitarytracked
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To: Elsie
Meanwhile…

 

My own camera in Space (Weather Balloon Flight) - YouTube

 

 

 

 

Satellite surveillance may be less of a privacy concern than you think -- for now - CNET

41 posted on 02/15/2023 4:29:06 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: bitt

It’s plausible to believe that Biden is compromised by his dealings with China.


42 posted on 02/15/2023 4:31:51 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Bookshelf

Airships...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=flying+planes+captured+by+googleearth&ia=web


43 posted on 02/15/2023 4:44:51 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: McGruff

One can feel it coming.


44 posted on 02/15/2023 4:53:59 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: TigersEye

Our government is too busy fighting its own people and hanging on to power at any cost. Americans are the preferred enemy.


45 posted on 02/15/2023 5:10:21 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: MayflowerMadam
It's like America has a giant thermostat. The higher the heat, the more government control. The lower the heat, the less.

The Marxists want to turn up the heat all the way to absolute government control of everything...to the point of dictatorship. The Deep State, the Democrats, academia/education, and many institutions don't necessarily want a Marxist dictatorship (even though some do). But they are on the "more government" team and, therefore, are, unwittingly or not, in league with everyone who wants to turn up the heat.

As to your question why Joe is still in power? I suggest he is still in power because he is an enabler for all those who want more government.

The Bidens are in the business of selling government favors. Ergo, more government translates into more opportunity for the Bidens...more favors to sell.

46 posted on 02/15/2023 5:10:56 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: bitt

Wait you mean some new super secret technology that allows tracking balloons even in the past was not used?


47 posted on 02/15/2023 6:08:02 AM PST by pas
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To: bitt

Last I read, “it could be used car balloons “.

Then why did you shoot it down?

I do not believe anything they say.


48 posted on 02/15/2023 6:18:02 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: bitt

So if the US tracked the balloon for a week before it came above our shores, I presume we pinpointed and collected the kind of data it was sending back to Chinese satellites?

However, it should have been shot down before it overflew our nuclear sensitive sites - obviously.


49 posted on 02/15/2023 6:19:52 AM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: bitt

US Intelligence is an oxymoron these days.


50 posted on 02/15/2023 6:20:42 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bitt; All

I doubt the headline is true. They just don’t want anyone to know their capabilities, or lack of capabilities.


51 posted on 02/15/2023 6:30:28 AM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: bitt

Clear messaage to Joe, we want you out.


52 posted on 02/15/2023 7:24:02 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: bitt

The biggest problem is this went public at all.
We knew what it was doing, we were treating it the same as their satellites hiding sensitive hardware while studying it probably gaining as much intel from it on how it was monitoring us than they were getting. Then, and only because of public outcry, we shot it down.
This is the President reacting to public opinion rather than sound reason is all, trying to look tough for a bump in his polls no matter what it could cause diplomatically. We have flown manned spy missions over every country in the world at one time or the other. When the Soviets were finally able to bring down a U2 was there public outcry they shot it down? No one even knew about it until they paraded Powers in front of the UN and that was because he was afraid to eject because he know there was explosive charges in the plane put there by the CIA and he figured they rigged them to the ejection charge as well.
All this will do is turn it into a tit for tat with China so they don’t lose face at home I believe. Are we going to lose another EP-3 to direct fire to even the score? There is a reason this stuff stays in the shadows, it’s where the games are played for a reason.


53 posted on 02/15/2023 7:46:54 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: bitt

NOT BUYING THAT STORY


54 posted on 02/15/2023 7:49:41 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Syncro
Tracked by Biden’s Handlers

They didn’t t3ll him, he night shoot it down...

If someone told him he'd probably ask if it was butterscotch, since that's his favorite pudding flavor.

55 posted on 02/15/2023 8:25:32 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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To: bitt
It's time for Congress to cut budget to 'intelligence' by about 80 percent... These folks aren't protecting the country, they're amusing themselves on our dime. Eff 'em.
56 posted on 02/15/2023 8:26:02 AM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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To: bitt

More consequences of a comprimised President.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Do No Evil re anything China related.....


57 posted on 02/15/2023 8:27:15 AM PST by patriotspride (Third generation Vet. Never forget the true cost of freedom)
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To: bitt

The US did scramble the signals being sent, though, which may have rendered it useless. We need to know.


58 posted on 02/15/2023 8:27:45 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: virgil

Our government is too busy fighting its own people and hanging on to power at any cost. Americans are the preferred enemy.


Bingo. So true.

MSM covering for this when under Trump it would be impeachment #3 and full Rino
support


59 posted on 02/15/2023 8:29:17 AM PST by patriotspride (Third generation Vet. Never forget the true cost of freedom)
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To: popdonnelly

It’s plausible to believe that Biden is compromised by his dealings with China.


Bought off over the years, probably a few others in Congress in the same boat....


60 posted on 02/15/2023 8:39:06 AM PST by patriotspride (Third generation Vet. Never forget the true cost of freedom)
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