{"id":1847388,"date":"2023-02-15T00:20:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T05:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1847388"},"modified":"2023-02-15T00:20:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T05:20:37","slug":"u-s-intel-watched-suspected-spy-balloon-take-off-from-china-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-watched-suspected-spy-balloon-take-off-from-china-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Intel Watched Suspected Spy Balloon Take Off From China: Reports"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fu-s-intel-watched-suspected-spy-balloon-take-off-from-china-reports%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=1847388&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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration<\/a> Multiple reports claim that intelligence officers observed the Chinese spy balloon, which was seen being shot down from South Carolina&#8217;s coast, since its launch.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. monitors watched as the aircraft took off from Hainan Island near China\u2019s south coast in late January nearly a week before it entered U.S. airspace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/13\/us\/politics\/ufo-spy-balloon-china.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times reported<\/a>This was previously unknown. Follow-up Reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/02\/14\/china-spy-balloon-path-tracking-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/chinese-spy-balloon-us-intelligence-tracked-it-soon-after-liftoff-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> indicate U.S. intelligence tracked the balloon moving east toward Guam, but it suddenly veered north toward Alaska\u2019s Aleutian Islands.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: CBS News learned that U.S. intelligence viewed the Chinese spy ballon as it took off from China&#8217;s south coast. This means that the U.S. military was tracking the balloon for almost a week before it entered U.S. Airspace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oaR5yZIRwm\">pic.twitter.com\/oaR5yZIRwm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSEveningNews\/status\/1625654399203786752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The balloon then crossed the United States contiguous from Canada. On February 2, the U.S. government recognized the reconnaissance balloon as a suspected reconnaissance balloon after it was seen over Billings, Montana. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/blinken-says-chinese-balloon-in-clear-violation-of-u-s-sovereignty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protest: Postponement of planned trip to China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As officials warned that falling debris could cause injury to those below, the U.S. military did NOT shoot the balloon down before it reached the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. claims the object was a Chinese spy ball, but China claims that it was a civilian research vessel that was lost. Since then, the two countries have been accused of conspiring to spy on each other via balloons.<\/p>\n<p>According to a senior State Department official, the Chinese balloon that flew past U.S. military bases was equipped with a variety of weapons. \u201cmultiple antennas\u201d capable of collecting signals intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/chinese-spy-balloon-carried-multiple-antennas-collecting-signals-intel-rcna69898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Northern Command reported that crews were recovered in the subsequent salvage operation. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/14\/1156740596\/chinese-balloon-priority-sensors-military-salvage-south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">significant debris<\/a>\u201d From the spot where the Chinese balloon exploded, \u201cincluding all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified as well as large sections of the structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, officials claim that three unidentified flying objects were shot by U.S. aircrafts from the skies above North America. One was over Alaska on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canada-deploys-hazardous-materials-experts-in-search-for-downed-ufo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Saturday, another Canadian will be there<\/a>, and another third on Sunday over Lake Huron.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what the flying objects were. However, the Biden administration stated that UFOs are not thought to have come from outer space. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R. Texas) shared some insights Congress got from military officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UAPs [unidentified aerial phenomenons] were in FAA commercial zones and had no signals or navigation lights,\u201d Crenshaw tweets \u201cThe first two UAPs were smaller, the size of an ATV, and harder to detect. The third resembled a balloon, and was easier for the radar to pick up. All moved with wind currents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UAPs were within FAA commercial zones, and had no navigation lights or signals.<\/p>\n<p>The UAPs the first two were smaller and more difficult to detect. The radar was able to detect the third UAP more easily because it resembled a balloon.<\/p>\n<p>All were moved with the wind currents.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1625592859708514325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Defense Department officials, North American Aerospace Defense Command&#8217;s radar has been modified to pick up smaller objects. This could explain the sudden rise in flying object detections. \u201cPlus, there\u2019s a heightened alert to look for this information,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3296177\/melissa-dalton-assistant-secretary-of-defense-for-homeland-defense-and-hemisphe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NORAD Commander General Glen VanHerck<\/a> On Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ufo-debris-may-never-be-found-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salvage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ufo-debris-may-never-be-found-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operations<\/a> For the three UFOs, work is underway. Some officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ufo-debris-may-never-be-found-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do they think they will be able find anything?<\/a> Consider factors like winter weather and rough terrain.<\/p>\n<p>John Kirby, White House National Security Spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/14\/latest-three-ufos-shot-down-likely-not-chinese-spy-crafts-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuesday, February 12, 2009<\/a> You can find out more about a \u201cleading explanation\u201d The U.S intelligence community offered the following: \u201cwere simply tied to commercial or research entities and therefore benign.\u201d He said that the U.S. intelligence agency doubts that they are involved in a spying operation.<\/p>\n<p>General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also revealed Tuesday that a missile fired in a U.S. Fighter Jet missed the UFO over Lake Huron. That missile landed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3298235\/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-and-army-gen-mark-a-milley-chairman-joi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201charmlessly\u201d The lake<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/unidentified-object-shot-down-lake-huron-missile-missed-general-mark-milley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second missile<\/a> An F-16 was able to bring the flying object down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden administration intelligence officials observed the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina ever since it took off, according to multiple reports. U.S. monitors watched as the aircraft took off from Hainan Island near China\u2019s south coast in late January nearly a week before it entered U.S. airspace, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1844496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[17453,4501,7526,4564,6893,6516,7238,8189],"class_list":["post-1847388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-balloon","tag-china","tag-intel","tag-reports","tag-spy","tag-suspected","tag-u-s","tag-watched"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1847388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1844496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1847388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1847388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1847388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}