'Much of the evidence remains underwater,' an FBI official said, noting that the evidence brought to the FBI lab was 'only present at the surface.'
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023, after it was shot down.The FBI's evidence response team has retrieved only a small amount of the Chinese spy balloon shot down Saturday -- and doesn't yet have enough evidence to conclude what China's intent was.
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023, after it was shot down.One official told ABC News' Luis Martinez on Tuesday that the payload portion of the balloon that was carrying the sensor/photography equipment is not intact and that only a portion of it has been located on the ocean floor.
The FBI's counterintelligence authority looking at threats to the United States is the reason why they are examining the balloon. The FB has hazardous materials specialist looking at the balloon and said of the materials they do have in their possession at this time there is no "energetic" or "offensive material" inside of the balloon.
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