{"id":1836132,"date":"2023-02-05T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836132"},"modified":"2023-02-05T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:37:14","slug":"officials-issue-warning-not-to-touch-chinese-spy-balloon-debris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-issue-warning-not-to-touch-chinese-spy-balloon-debris\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Issue Warning Not to Touch Chinese Spy Balloon Debris"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficials-issue-warning-not-to-touch-chinese-spy-balloon-debris%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>South Carolina and North Carolina officials issued warnings to residents to not touch suspected Chinese immigrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-spy-balloon\">Spy balloon<\/a> It was brought down by U.S. planes above the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Contact local authorities if there is any debris from the balloon that washes up on the shore. Local municipalities issued warnings over the weekend following the balloon&#8217;s descent on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease be advised we are aware of the destruction of the balloon that was over the ocean near our City,\u201d The North Myrtle Beach Police Department stated in a &#8220;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NMBDPS\/posts\/pfbid02sKJG2u2qm9HjUjvLxk5UbhBJYTiQYHyHGWFALUjBoQjk9dnziqQtvNwsjQp4HKRZl&#8221;>statement<\/a>. \u201cPieces of this balloon are being collected by the U.S. military however it is possible some of those pieces may wash ashore. Any stray pieces are expected in the NC area but could wash ashore in [North Myrtle Beach].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a piece is located please contact your local law enforcement agency for collection,\u201d According to the statement. \u201cDebris should not be touched, moved, or removed. Such items are part of a federal investigation and tampering with them could interfere with that investigation. Our non-emergency number is 843-280-5511.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunset Beach police stated in a Saturday news release that \u201cthese stray pieces are expected to wash ashore in the North Carolina area.\u201d It\u2019s not clear when, however, and U.S. military recovery efforts are underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the U.S. Military are coordinating to collect debris from the ocean; however, it is possible fragments may make it to the coastline,\u201d Horry County Police reported in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horrycountypd\/posts\/pfbid035UFPAeZri9PLBd1WsyHyjrzz87369dHHoo5yUpriUAaDdxJiYkieN9daPCfP6t37l\">Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Defense secretary Lloyd Austin claimed in a statement that Wednesday&#8217;s shootdown of an aerial device was approved by the Biden administration.\u00a0\u201cas soon as the mission could be accomplished without undue risk to American lives under the balloon\u2019s path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin\u2019s statement said that due to the high altitude and significant size the balloon\u2014which was moving at around 60,000 feet in the air\u2014the U.S. military determined that it would be too risky to shoot it down over U.S. territory. It was reported that the balloon was seen above Billings, Montana last week. This prompted both Republicans and Democrats to call for its removal.<\/p>\n<p>Montana is home to Malmstrom Air Force Base which houses nuclear missile silos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5031357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/02\/03\/spy-balloon-1200x853.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-5031357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spy-balloon-600x426-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A balloon flies in the sky over Billings\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5031357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spy-balloon-600x426-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A balloon flies in the sky over Billings\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A balloon is seen flying over Billings (Montana) on February 1, 2023 in this photo taken from social media. (Chase Doak\/via Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAllowing a spy balloon from the Communist Party of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> to travel across the entire continental United States before contesting its presence is a disastrous projection of weakness by the White House,\u201d Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was the top Republican on Senate Armed Services Committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicker.senate.gov\/2023\/2\/wicker-statement-on-takedown-of-chinese-spy-balloon\">Statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.S.C.) spoke with a more positive tone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindseygrahamsc\/status\/1621983889777377280\">Writing<\/a> Follow us on Twitter: \u201cThank you to the men and women of the United States military who were responsible for completing the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon. The Biden Administration did the right thing in bringing it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Response<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThey successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it,\u201d According to The Associated Press, President Joe Biden stated this after getting off Air Force One en-route to Camp David on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>As it approached the Atlantic coast, the balloon looked like a huge white orb. An F-22 fighter plane fired a missile on the balloon at 2:39 PM EST. The missile was fired while the balloon was 6 nautical miles offshore near Myrtle Beach. Senior defense officials confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Americans looked up at the sky for the mystery balloon, and wondered if it had sailed over them.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Ashlyn Preaux, 33, went out to get her mail in Forestbrook, South Carolina, and noticed her neighbors looking up\u2014and there it was, the balloon in the cloudless blue sky. She saw fighter jets flying overhead and the balloon being hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not anticipate waking up to be in a \u2018Top Gun\u2019 movie today,\u201d She said.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. military and defense officials stated Saturday that the balloon had entered the U.S. Air Defense Zone north of the Aleutian Islands Jan. 28. It then moved over land through Alaska, and then into Canadian airspace in Canada&#8217;s Northwest Territories on Monday. The White House stated that the balloon crossed into the U.S. territory above northern Idaho on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><em>This report was compiled by the Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina and North Carolina officials issued warnings to residents to not touch suspected Chinese immigrants Spy balloon It was brought down by U.S. planes above the Atlantic Ocean. Contact local authorities if there is any debris from the balloon that washes up on the shore. 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