The United States’ dramatic takedown of what it has called a Chinese surveillance balloon started with a few civilian sightings in America’s heartland and ended with a missile explosion over South Carolina so loud that it rattled homes below.
The airship came from China, the country's foreign ministry confirmed Friday, but claimed it was a weather balloon that drifted off course.The balloon was spotted over the Aleutian Islands along the southern tip of Alaska early in the week.On Friday it was seen flying near St.
Louis, Missouri.On Saturday the U.S. military downed the balloon over the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of the Carolinas.The airship came from China, the country's Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday, but claimed it was a weather balloon thatThe balloon was spotted over the southern tip of
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