FBI Investigating China’s Spy Balloon – Most of Which Remains Underwater

The FBI Is analyzing the remains a Chinese spy balloon This was taken down by a U.S. Military Last weekend, jet said that most of the evidence was still underwater in the Atlantic Ocean.

“It’s too early to know what the intent was. The device According to NBC News, a senior FBI official stated that “was operating” in a briefing Thursday.

“We have literally not seen the payload, which is where we would expect to see the lion’s share of the electronics,” The official stated.

Another piece of evidence from the large debris field was also taken to Quantico, Virginia by the FBI Lab, where it is being removed saltwater.

“It’s very early for us in this process and the evidence that has been recovered and brought to the FBI is extremely limited, this is evidence that was only present on the surface,” According to NBC, a top FBI official said this.

“So only a very few items. We can probably characterize that into three types of items, one is the balloon or the canopy itself, some wiring, and then some a very small amount of electronics,” That is what the official stated.

A source confirmed that while the FBI may not possess a significant amount of the evidence believed be on the oceanfloor, they do not have any. “To date we have not identified any sort of any energetic or offensive material.”

Officials claim that the FBI, which had never previously investigated a balloon like this, was first involved in the investigation of the airship after it was seen flying above the United States. The balloon was eventually shot down by FBI officials and agents four days later near Myrtle Beach.

The FBI is responsible in investigating counterintelligence threats. According to some reports, the balloon may have been carrying an electronics payload.

Senior citizen State Department Officials claimed that the eight-day-old balloon flew over the United States for eight days and had multiple antennas capable of collecting signals intelligence. Officials also stated that the balloon’s maker has ties with the Chinese military.

On Thursday, four Pentagon officials were also interrogated by angry members. Senate Panel on not firing on the balloon for several days after being aware of it.

“I don’t want a damn balloon going over the United States when we could’ve taken it down over the Aleutian Islands,” Senator Jon Tester, D-Mont. is the chairman of Appropriations Committee.

According to a senior FBI official, the area of search and recovery for the balloon was determined. “is a large-scale scene,” According to NBC.

“Much of the evidence remains underwater, and we are coordinating with the U.S. Navy and the Coast Guard in the collection of that evidence to include dive team experts that we have the FBI, as well as U.S Navy divers,” The official stated.

Official said it “takes a long time” To identify and stabilize underwater evidence, then transport it to the surface and move it to Quantico.

According to the official, this effort could take longer because of weather problems in the next days.

China claims that the balloon was a civilian flightship that was lost on its intended course. It also claimed that it was gathering data about weather conditions.

Officials from the United States laughed off this claim.

Biden administration officials stated that the balloon was the latest in five Chinese spy balloons to be known to have crossed into U.S. Airspace. According to the U.S. there have been incursions into their airspaces by Chinese balloons from more than 40 countries.