{"id":1859063,"date":"2023-02-24T10:20:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1859063"},"modified":"2023-02-24T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:22:15","slug":"pentagon-releases-image-of-chinese-spy-balloon-snapped-from-u-s-spy-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-releases-image-of-chinese-spy-balloon-snapped-from-u-s-spy-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Releases Image of Chinese Spy Balloon Snapped from U.S. Spy Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fpentagon-releases-image-of-chinese-spy-balloon-snapped-from-u-s-spy-plane%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=1859063&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<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>He <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pentagon<\/a> Released a photo taken from a cockpit of an American Air Force plane <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/u-2-plane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U-2 spy plane<\/a> February 3, 2009 &#8211; The suspected <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/shooting-down-future-chinese-spy-balloons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese spy balloon<\/a> This month, it fell earlier. <\/p>\n<p>At Wednesday&#8217;s press conference, Sabrina Singh, a Deputy Pentagon spokesperson, confirmed that the photo was authentic. The balloon in this photo was the first spy plane to travel across the United States over multiple days before being downed. The U.S. also shot down three unidentified flying objects after it was shot off South Carolina&#8217;s coast. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" alt=\"U-2 spy plane Chinese balloon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-70 1x, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-71 2x\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-70\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n As the Chinese surveillance balloon hovered above the Central Continental United States, a pilot of the U.S. Air Force looked down at it. Soon after the balloon fell, recovery efforts began. (Photo courtesy of Department of Defense<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n Department of Defense, 2023\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/china-spy-balloon-recovery-concludes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US CONCLUES OPERATION TO RECAPTURE DOWNED CHINESE SPY BOON<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The shadow of the aircraft is visible on the balloon. The U-2 is the only aircraft capable of flying above the balloon&#8217;s reported height, which was around 60,000 feet. <\/p>\n<p>Singh also confirmed that &#8220;the majority of the balloon, including the payload was recovered&#8221; in the subsequent salvaging operations. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Operation to recover the first Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by China was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/china-spy-balloon-recovery-concludes\">Conclusion<\/a> Friday. Officials said that recovering the three other objects downed will prove difficult because they were shot in remote territory. They were off the coast of Alaska, near the Arctic Circle, in Canadian Rockies in Yukon and over Lake Huron.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THe Pentagon Released a photo taken from a cockpit of an American Air Force plane U-2 spy plane February 3, 2009 &#8211; The suspected Chinese spy balloon This month, it fell earlier. At Wednesday&#8217;s press conference, Sabrina Singh, a Deputy Pentagon spokesperson, confirmed that the photo was authentic. 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