Key takeaways:
- US Northern Command successfully located and retrieved debris from a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina.
- US Northern Command recommended an end to the search for debris from two other objects shot down in US airspace this month.
- The conclusion of the recovery efforts means that the country may never know what the objects were, how they were propelled, and where they came from.
The US military has concluded its recovery operations for a suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month. After days of searches, US Navy assets assigned to US Northern Command successfully located and retrieved debris from the balloon.
US Northern Command also recommended an end to the search for debris from two other objects shot down in US airspace this month. The objects were shot down by US fighter jets near Deadhorse, Alaska, and over Lake Huron, off the coast of Michigan. The final pieces of debris are being transferred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory in Virginia for counterintelligence exploitation.
The recovery effort included systematic searches of each area using a variety of capabilities, including airborne imagery and sensors, surface sensors and inspections, and subsurface scans. However, the searches were ultimately fruitless.
The conclusion of the recovery efforts means that the country may never know what the objects were, how they were propelled, and where they came from. It is unclear whether the objects were related to the suspected Chinese spy balloon.
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