C’MON MAN!
According to reports from multiple outlets, U.S. Intelligence agencies were monitoring the Chinese spy balloon for one week before it crossed into U.S. airspace; U.S. monitors watched as the aircraft took off from Hainan Island near China’s south coast in late January, The New York Times reported.
That’s much earlier than previously thought.
From The Daily Wire:
Follow-up reports by The Washington Post and CBS News indicate U.S. intelligence tracked the balloon moving east toward Guam, but it suddenly veered north toward Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
The balloon later crossed over the contiguous United States from Canada. The U.S. government first acknowledged the suspected reconnaissance balloon on February 2 as it was spotted over Billings, Montana, after which Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a planned trip to China in protest.
The U.S. military did not shoot the balloon down until it reached the Atlantic Ocean on February 4, as officials warned that downing the aircraft over land would lead to falling debris endangering people below.
While the U.S. assesses the object was a Chinese spy balloon, China claims it was a civilian research craft that was blown off course. Both countries have since accused each other of engaging in a widespread balloon spy-craft.
Watch the clip above. More over at The Daily Wire.
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— Daily Wire News (@DailyWireNews) February 15, 2023
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