Significant portion of Chinese balloon payload recovered, US official says

JUST IN: A significant portion of the payload of the Chinese balloon shot down off South Carolina has been recovered, a U.S. official says.

In this photo a large balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 4, 2023, just off the coast of South Carolina.in waters off South Carolina has picked up a significant portion of the balloon’s payload that measured as much as 30-feet-long and had all of craft's tech gear and antennas, a U.S. official said Monday.

The U.S. military shot down the surveillance balloon on Feb. 4 after it flew across the country for several days. Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.While the pilots who shot down that object saw pieces land on icy waters,, the official said, the search continues for the debris field amid bad weather. The U.S. wants to pinpoint the exact location before it places personnel in dangerous icy conditions, the official said. A Navy P-8 search plane was in the sky looking for debris.

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