The Pentagon says a Chinese spy balloon was spotted over the U.S. Joy Malbon reports on why the agency decided against shooting it down.
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Up , up and away in our espionage balloon .
It’s a beautiful, a beautiful spy ballooooooooooooooo
A spy ballon just appearing out of nowhere with no sign of it until it’s already in the sky? Where could it have launched from, undetected?
So Trudeau just let it fly over canada ! Omg .
🤣 he’s still stuck in his ahh uhh uh uhhhh…
@Marina Williams I bet he hid in the basement. Wtf
@David Coleman I bet you’re right
That’s him! Useless!!
This balloon could have been carrying a biological weapon and dropping them across North America
That exact thing was done in ww2
@mikebrisebois flie bombs yes
Ya really
Sprinkling the bird flew everywhere
It happened before during WWII, by the Japanese Imperial Army in 1944-1945 targeting the West Coast of North America.
The worst part is what if that’s just something to attract America’s attention to hide something else
Like being full of deadly viruses?
Or like lowkey dropping paratroopers to invade I dunno
@Volant Rabbit a one balloon invasion lol?
@Puyo Pop lmao 😂 meant like a distraction you goof hahaha
Why didn’t we blast it out of the sky?
What’s in it that’s gonna come down with the wreckage?
What’s wrong with them surveying their own land
They’re going to be upset when they discover Google Earth.
Ah yes, because as we all know a news reporter taking a picture of a neighbourhood from above is the same as a neighbour taking pictures of someone through their bedroom window.
If over the course of days you are aware of the balloon, and if you were close enough to have pictures of the balloon then your hysteria is like a south park episode….
If this constitutes a threat to National security, should it not be brought down?
This question is answered in the video.
@Puyo Pop it travelled quite far. it probably was in safe spots at times
@Michael Toms yeah if that’s the case I have no idea why they haven’t got rid of it but I also assume it’s hard to predict where it will land when it’s falling from 60,000 feet.
Probably wanna make sure it’s not a weapon before shooting it
If it was a threat, it was going down hours ago. Calm yourselves.
This ballon looks different depending on which channel you go to. Lol
Thing can look different from different angles? Someone call Science!
If they would have told me and if going by here I would have moon it!
Shut it down that’s all!
Your telling me there was a risk of hitting someone when it was flying over Montana and Saskatchewan? With the amount of farm/ranch land I find that hard to believe
They should’ve grabbed it.
It was definitely over Edmonton.!!!
I would be more worried that they filled the balloon with a toxic drug,or even a deadly virus.
Funny, there wasn’t too much concern about debris coming down in much more populated areas when Skylab was falling
I spotted it over my mansion in Beverly hills earlier
Never wonder why Canadians can’t come up with a photo of a UFO, we didn’t notice a balloon as large as 3 🚌, and who knows how many days it lingered
Ballons fffly with the wind where ever it blows and they cannot be guided. FOOLS
Can’t they design something to burst the balloon and grab the remains and eject parachutes to lower the sensor package to the ground relatively undamaged?