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Suspected Chinese SPY BALLOON recovered off Alaska coast

March 11, 2024 -

Commercial fishermen off the coast of Alaska first alerted local law enforcement that they had found a suspicious object in the water a week prior to the Pentagon's announcement. Officials reviewed photographs of the object taken by the fishermen.

Following the review, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were sent to meet the boat when it returned to port.

At the time, it was not entirely clear exactly what the object was and officials were not sure if it was ...

Ben Armstrong: China’s balloon launch over Taiwan is a DISTRACTION for surprise attack on America

January 16, 2024 -

"China is looking to possibly launch now 10,000 military balloons … over Taiwan. This is, again, more aggressive action from China pointing toward war," he said during a recent episode of "The Ben Armstrong Show."

"If they do that to Taiwan, it would be pointing toward war with America. Anything against Taiwan would provoke war with America. I keep saying: If you look at what they're really doing with their five-point plan, Taiwan is a distraction."

He ...

Two Chinese balloons spotted flying over Taiwan ahead of the island nation’s presidential election

December 26, 2023 -

The balloons traveled from China and over the Taiwan Strait on Dec. 17, and made a course to the north of the island nation, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said, as reported by ABC News. The ministry said the balloons reached an altitude of 27,000 feet, went east and disappeared at 9:36 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. local time.

Another Chinese balloon passed southwest of Keelung on Dec. 7.

China has flown these balloons over the U.S., Europe, ...

Chinese spy balloon program linked to PLA’s hypersonic missiles

December 05, 2023 -

This report was prepared by a group of researchers from the National University of Defense Technology, a Chinese university directly affiliated with the Central Military Commission, the highest Chinese government body that oversees the country's armed forces, the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

According to the report, the PLA is trying to set up a proper military command structure to control the deployment of high-altitude surveillance balloons known as "Near ...

New evidence reveals Chinese spy balloons are also flying over Japan and Taiwan

June 28, 2023 -

The BBC, in collaboration with artificial intelligence company Synthetaic, analyzed extensive satellite data and uncovered multiple images of balloons traveling all over East Asia, dating as far back as September 2021.

This joint search also revealed that a Chinese spy balloon may have flown over Taiwan this very month.

The BBC Panorama team found two photos taken by Taiwan's weather service showing a balloon flying over Taipei from 2021....

Intel officials: China’s spy balloon gathered sensitive military info before being shot down

April 10, 2023 -

This was according to intelligence officials, who condemned President Joe Biden's administration for claiming that the balloon's transmission was blocked in time. "The device was clearly controlled, in some cases making multiple passes – even figure eights – over sensitive sites," one former and two current senior U.S. officials said, adding that China was able to collect data in real-time.

"The intelligence China collected was mostly from electronic signals, ...

Chinese spy balloon collected intelligence from military sites and transmitted it to Beijing in real time

April 04, 2023 -

According to two current senior U.S. officials and one former senior administration official who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity, China was able to control the spy balloon so it could make multiple passes over several military sites.

They noted that the balloon at times even flew figure-eight formations over the military locations while transmitting the information it collected back to Beijing in real time. (Related: CCP has been creating ...

US officials admit tracking Chinese spy balloon since it left China; why did it take so long to stop it?

March 06, 2023 -

We now know that the balloon lifted off Hainan island in China in January and officials tracked it as it flew across Guam and Hawaii before turning sharply north across Alaska. It was tracked for a full week before making its way across the rest of the US, according to reports by CBS News.

Although it is not known precisely what the Chinese were hoping to learn about our infrastructure, there are a lot of questions surrounding why the intelligence community permitted ...

Did Pentagon shoot down $12 balloon with $400,000 missile

February 23, 2023 -

(Article republished from GreatGameIndia.com)

Inquiries about whether one of the unexplained objects the Pentagon fired down off the coast of Alaska earlier this month was a $12 hobby balloon are being met with obstinate denials from the Pentagon.

Last week, after a group devoted to the pastime, reported one of its balloons “missing in action” above Alaska, speculation that the unidentified aerial item the administration shot down earlier ...

Object shot down by Air Force in Canada with $400,000 missile may have been a $12 hobby balloon

February 24, 2023 -

According to the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade, one of its pico balloons went missing as it was flying north. A pico balloon is a small balloon used for measuring temperature, pressure and humidity. (Related: US fighter jet takes down THIRD high-altitude airborne object in Canada.)

There is very strong evidence to suggest that the hobby group's balloon is the object shot down by an Air Force F-22 fighter jet ...

Jason Bermas: Chinese spy balloons part of an integrated global satellite network

February 20, 2023 -

He put forward this claim during his Feb. 15 appearance on the "Making Sense of the Madness" podcast hosted by Sean Morgan. According to Bermas, the said spy balloon was as big as a satellite and had a metal apparatus and propellers. (Related: Chinese spy balloon that flew over Montana could be used to carry EMP or nuclear weapons.)

Moreover, the content creator and activist said China has admitted that the balloon is one of their eco-surveillance ...

Pentagon admits three ‘mystery objects’ blown out of the sky were nothing but balloons, not ‘aliens’

February 15, 2023 -

What's more, defense officials also said that the balloons in question may even have served some commercial purposes and not for spying. Specifically, the intelligence community believes the objects, which differed greatly from the giant Chinese spy balloon Joe Biden finally ordered shot down after it crossed the length of the country on Feb. 4, "could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose," National Security Council spokesman ...

“Spy balloons” are part of global Chinese surveillance, US military and national security officials say

February 14, 2023 -

China claimed that it was just a "weather balloon," but according to a Department of State official who requested anonymity, it was "capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations." (Related: Communist China admits to flying spy balloon over military sites.)

"The high altitude balloon's equipment was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment onboard weather balloons," the official ...

Suspected North Korean balloon spotted in South Korean airspace

February 09, 2023 -

The South Korean Ministry of Defense said on Feb. 6 that the Republic of Korea (ROK) Armed Forces responded to the threat with "unspecified measures." It later concluded that the said balloon did not pose a threat.

An unnamed military official told the Yonhap news agency and Korean media outlet KBS that a front-line unit spotted the balloon via a thermal monitoring device at 6:30 p.m. local time on Feb. 5. The two-meter-long balloon had been ...

Communist China admits to flying spy balloon over military sites

February 08, 2023 -

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said Feb. 3 that the balloon floating over the northern U.S. was a civilian research craft. It also expressed regret toward the incident.

"The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly [for] meteorological purposes," said an MFA spokesperson. "Affected by the westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course."

"The Chinese side ...

CCP has been creating spy balloons for YEARS out of a heavily guarded naval base in southern China

February 10, 2023 - balloon that flew over Montana could be used to carry EMP or nuclear weapons.)

Furthermore, according to information recently shared by the American intelligence community, the Chinese spy balloon was manufactured on this base as part of a sweeping foreign surveillance program run by the PLA. Operations of this surveillance program are centered around the Yulin Naval Base.

According to the Department of Defense, along with the balloon that ...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rips Biden for allowing Chinese balloon to fly over entire country before shooting it down

February 08, 2023 -

"So this balloon traversed 11 states, but the Pentagon says they were able to mitigate some of its impact. Do you think there is upside to the fact that this was captured this time?" Margaret Brennan, host of CBS' "Face the Nation," asked the Republican senator on Sunday.

"Well, listen, I want to start by doing something that I don’t do very often, which is commending Joe Biden for actually having the guts to shoot this down. That was the right thing to do....

Montana officials deny explosion over Billings during “Chinese weather balloon” incident

February 06, 2023 -

The alleged incident – see the video below – occurred on the same day the "Chinese weather balloon" appeared over this exact same area of Montana before moving in a southeast direction towards the Carolinas. (Related: Are the Chinese "spy balloons" a dry run for a nuclear EMP attack?)

Ok, so here’s what I just caught I few minutes ago out my window. I saw a jet go by so fast and then explosion in the sky. Holy crap! Billings MT. pic.twitter.com/swr8ERC6pf

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Explosion reported in Montana skies hours after Chinese spy balloon was reported

February 06, 2023 -

According to reports, the explosion was filmed by residents near the city of Billings, but it's not clear what the object was since the spy balloon had already left the region and had been spotted in other states, including Missouri, where the country's only B-2 bomber base is located.

One person who shared a video of the incident, Dolly Moore, said she “saw a jet go by so fast and then explosion in the sky.”

“Ok, so here’s what I just caught I few minutes ...

China tested dropping hypersonic missiles from balloons in 2018: Report

February 09, 2023 -

According to The Epoch Times, in 2018 the Chinese military tested launching hypersonic missiles that travel many times faster than the speed of sound from balloon platforms, proving again that Democrats who are defending Biden's inaction are dangerous liars.

Chinese state-owned television actually aired footage of the test launch at the time. "The stunning footage displays a high-altitude balloon, not dissimilar from the one that traversed over the ...