The U.S. military has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official.
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My guess, it’s a planet?!
Green comet watch?
Horrible guess
Telescopes exist
No. It’s a spy balloon and we just watched it travel with military escort across Missouri. I have tons of pictures.
Made by harbor freight..
“Guaranteed for life” though…😂
Boi, you AIN’T RIGHT!
Once again trump was 100 percent correct about china.
China and Tiktok
😂 donald corrected 😂
biden and his woke military can’t even protect this nation from a balloon. We are toast… 😟Chinese balloon over usa, clear and blatant violation of us airspace, China just gave usa the middle finger, and Iran, North Korea, Russia etc all are laughing..
That’s CHI-NA
Why aren’t they intercepting the balloon Wow Thanks. Air space is public?
we arelooking weak and people’s paying the price. I bet it’s collecting intelligence right now. I wish I could.shoot it down. like on Jan 6th. Trusspassing on our government Space and property is invaton. I know all this that they would, Russia would think we could fly a object in the space. They shoot it down and accuses us of war and spying..
Ok America what are we gonna do about that fr that’s not ok so if I steal food to feed my family I go to jail but they spying on are whole country I just wanna no what we gone do I am tired of china russia and n.korea fr
Nibiru
I am ready brother I got my bags packed and ready to leave this place
can you tell me more? I think it’s another moon.
Weather balloon?
But but demented Joe said that was a beautiful moon.
Why are you not shooting at it?
The first question is why dint are united state defense shoot it down tout we were the kings of the skys seem to me they can’t even police the skys
Ur the king of missing teeth
Hahahahaha 🤣🤣😂
Funniest comment all day
Doesn’t fit our budget at this moment. We are in the red after donating so much to Ukraine
A Spy BaIIoon….a baIIoon, seriously? Be carefuI, they might be Iistening in with a string and cups. 🤪
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
The military currently weighing their baIIoon popping options 😐
The balloon is for weather research. The fighter jets and subs off California are just for oceanography purposes too. The Chinese police station in NYC is just a theme noodle restaurant. The professors and students flooding your campuses have nothing to do with our military.
Like everything in the news this story will blow over soon.
Yet another ploy to prepare US citizenry for a war with China. As if Biden didn’t have his hands full with Ukraine already.
Death Star is my guess.
Biden said it’s ok I’m tight with them
But demented Joe said that was a beautiful moon.
Trump lost ya know… you cult member
it’s another moon.
Donald trump welcoming Chinese spy balloon
Would they allow a “weather balloon” over their country? Taking pictures of where all our electric substations are. Surveillance before they attack. Shoot It Down.
Why won’t they shoot it down if it’s a Chinese brone
brone?
@Margie Smith you know what they meant weirdo.
Cuz the military is afraid it might be a bomb or new virus. Knowing china that can’t be no ordinary balloon
We have been compromised in more ways than one not only our Southern border but now Chinese blimps flying across nuclear installations secret documents left everywhere our energy grid being attack we got a brain dead President….welcome to THE USA 🇺🇸
Biden said he could shoot it down but there might be more problems if he does. What?
This is called freedom of aviation. Calm down, USA.
hey pal. maybe you should do some research before you comment something as ignorant as this. Let your bitter military rival launch a spy ballon over your country and let them take pictures of some of your country’s secrets. really fun and not concerning whatsoever.
You shut
You can’t just fly or in this case float something over another country
@MK2 exactly. without clearance this is an international crime and the US is indeed permitted to shoot it down and use it for intelligence.
@MK2good, but doesn’t US constantly doing this so called freedom of aviation over other countries? If US can, why other countries cannot? In fact, it is just a practice of so called ‘rule based order’.
She is
Why didn’t u shoot it down
The NBC NIGHTLY NEWS cast was wrong just minutes ago. The balloon is over Missouri. Not Kansas. I’ve got tons of pictures of it…along with military jets. Time to wake up folks.
Asked for comment Biden said “I got hairy legs”
Cornpop is a really bad dude
General Milley: Beijing told me to do nothing.
Glenn Dullard: “I worship Conald Dump.”
@neosapiens You misspelled President Donald Trump. But as a fellow MAGAtrooper, I forgive you. Glad you’re on board for Trump ’24! But don’t misspell anymore words. It makes all of us look bad. We have to put our best foot forward to the drag queens on the other side. 😎
Smile for Beijing everyone!
I hope I get some of that Beijing corn
😄
😂
They have identified the propulsion system, and they’ve codenamed it “Maria”
It’s not a SPY Balloon, it’s definitely is an EMP Balloon due to the solar panels on it.
If they wanted to Spy, they would use Satellites for that.
In 1980’s Germans handled 99 Balloons. Now we freaking ’bout a couple balloons.
Relax, it’s Just a big balloon spreading the newest VARIANT, balloons ensure even and precise Distribution…gosh
its pen testing, looking at response times, looking for opportunities to jam, and raw sig int. it was obvious days ago that it was loitering. any cyber security person should recognize this process, albeit in a different environment and scale they are used to.
Kenobi: “That’s no moon…”
Coward Biden.
That’s no balloon….it’s a space station.. Commander Cody, execute order 66. Fire when ready.
Yes my lord 👍
China sends balloon. Rest of the world uses Google maps
You don’t use google maps in combat purposes tho. Google maps only shows a set of pictures, not a live translation dummy
Many will not believe this because they will believe what their told to believe by their government and media. Guarantee you that this had nothing to do with China, but the U.S..
So are ufos just spy’s flying around the earth monitoring different countries.
Shoot it down. This is giving me anxiety
In case you haven’t heard yet, they shot it down now.
Wish new delivery system
Balloons just don’t hover still.. Still is a cover up or a hoax
it’s another moon isn’t it?
Chinese balloon over usa, clear and blatant violation of us airspace, China just gave usa the middle finger, and Iran, North Korea, Russia etc all are laughing..
The moon is closer
Just took photos of it over Lancaster sc
I’d love to see. Could it be another moon in your opinion from what you saw with your own eyes?
No definitely a ballon it was the one shot down at the beach same day about 3 hours later
Ted Kaczynski can bomb it down for us
Please keep your eyes and ears open people.
I just watched the news and I was listening about it and provid edit all covered as you can stop typing now thank you
This balloon not dumb only like usa nuclear silos
They cannot shoot it down because it will fall down on to somebody’s home.
Ok and
We’re all on a reality show in China
VIDEO I GOT OF IT BEING SHOT DOWN!
https://youtube.com/shorts/wlTuFSdfxdU?feature=share
WW3
Let’s get it in I’ll be having chinese for breakfast lunch and dinner boy
Target Destroyed
Do we really believe this is a ballon from China?
communist china publicly acknowledged it dumbo
Y e s
No
US shoots down a China balloon. Biden is a racist and should be impeached
It just got shot down
Eric Swalwell was seen asking the spy balloon what it was doing after Montana. 💕💃🇨🇳
Yet again it proves satellites are not real they do not orbit earth they use high altitude weather balloons. If satellite was so real they would not use balloons
Ask Eric Swallowell to hit up some of his connections in the CCP to see if they know what the balloon is trying to observe
That’s no moon
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Trump allowed 3 different Chinese balloons to spy on the US and Trump didn’t do anything. Trump is a traitor.
Now TO All you who would like to SHOOT AT SOMETHING ,HERE YOU GO BOY’S !
What if this Chinese ballon was carrying biological weapons?😳
It should have been shot down on the west coast before reaching land.😡
The moon’s fake that’s the story no one’s understanding
Hi balloon you like a big one
Yea Biden approved the Chinese to spy across the country from west to east passing by our military installations gathering real time data then it is shot down over the Atlantic, after they’ve gotten the data
And to imagine that we’d never had technology nor did China so I don’t know maybe I was dreaming that China had satellites but I forgot what back in 1849 when we had to use balloons for transportation
Saw it in WA Tonight
it a ufo 🛸, no mo it us just a weather balloon
Poison being spread with weather pattern
It is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s fault, that the Chinese launched the balloon! – The Chinese wanted to finde out the existence of the Jewish Space Lasers!
Looks like the Chinese are trying to start a little war. You Chinese people in United States better put a hold on your people back home.
Lizzo?
How much did Dem entia Joe get paid to let China spy on Americans?
suspected? uh, someone needs a reality check….this is why your news propaganda outlets ratings have tanked. fake news