{"id":71190,"date":"2023-02-22T23:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T23:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/chinese-spy-balloon-in-flight-pentagon-releases-pics-taken-before-shoot-down\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T23:10:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T23:10:12","slug":"chinese-spy-balloon-in-flight-pentagon-releases-pics-taken-before-shoot-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/chinese-spy-balloon-in-flight-pentagon-releases-pics-taken-before-shoot-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Spy Balloon in Flight, Pentagon Releases Pics Taken Before Shoot Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-96f98fb573934c2475c87c6b8eedfd17\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230222_89e80e824cd545cc84607b0a24624fd2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:078a47c0-7009-4522-90b1-5f7210466a82\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/89\/4by3\/2023\/02\/22\/89e80e824cd545cc84607b0a24624fd2_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Chinese spy balloon\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-96f98fb573934c2475c87c6b8eedfd17--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-85595d15a527598bc126bd3af89651f6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A U.S. Air Force pilot has a singular souvenir from the Chinese spy balloon disaster &#8212; a selfie snapped with the system within the background &#8230; earlier than it was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-85595d15a527598bc126bd3af89651f6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-32faacc0b90593227533e2a9801d5746\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230222_4ee4a64d263d46beb43a4f4eb2284494\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:078a47c0-7009-4522-90b1-5f7210466a82\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4e\/4by3\/2023\/02\/22\/4ee4a64d263d46beb43a4f4eb2284494_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Chinese spy balloon\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-32faacc0b90593227533e2a9801d5746--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9e0c7a00f036c225cff86728ef445f75\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Pentagon launched new photographs Wednesday, displaying the balloon in flight on Feb. 3 &#8212; the USAF ultimately fired a missile on Feb. 4 to take it down. The pictures have been taken from the cockpit of a U-2 spy airplane, which is able to flying at an altitude of as much as 70,000 ft.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9e0c7a00f036c225cff86728ef445f75--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-53448d7c461061a88db8d8e28383c4b5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4bb127f6-94a7-4e91-992e-15b2d69b8608-1447663119-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4bb127f6-94a7-4e91-992e-15b2d69b8608-1447663119-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f0\/16by9\/2023\/02\/04\/f0d9fbaf68f74f1da705ef5d57dcb611_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-53448d7c461061a88db8d8e28383c4b5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9c96c3c9e12068d7b32863b5f8bd906a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The spy balloon was reportedly floating round 40,000 ft when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/02\/04\/us-poised-shoot-down-chinese-spy-balloon-biden-take-care-of-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>it was destroyed<\/strong><\/a>. Interestingly, the brand new pictures present it was nonetheless over land on Feb. 3, and that the U.S. army was retaining an in depth eye on the balloon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9c96c3c9e12068d7b32863b5f8bd906a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9796fbf3b9217bad07f0aac96ffb45a4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230222_cf6d342a58614e778cd65ccf1c942e7c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:078a47c0-7009-4522-90b1-5f7210466a82\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cf\/4by3\/2023\/02\/22\/cf6d342a58614e778cd65ccf1c942e7c_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Chinese spy balloon\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9796fbf3b9217bad07f0aac96ffb45a4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7bbe058e076f452b3b3961a0c8dc8ce2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>U.S. officers stated China&#8217;s tremendous snooper was concerning the measurement of three faculty buses, and you may see within the pics &#8230; it had big photo voltaic panels connected to the spying gear.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7bbe058e076f452b3b3961a0c8dc8ce2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2f7d11ca77eb0c7490c54f930ab0ae13\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>President Biden<\/strong><\/a> stated he gave the order to shoot it down on Feb. 1, however army advisors stated it will be finest to attend till it was over open water.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2f7d11ca77eb0c7490c54f930ab0ae13--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-80515b6f7b9058dc1bde8dc0e58b89f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It ultimately got here to relaxation in U.S. territorial water off the coast of South Carolina, the place our army collected the wreckage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-80515b6f7b9058dc1bde8dc0e58b89f9--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A U.S. Air Force pilot has a singular souvenir from the Chinese spy balloon disaster &#8212; a selfie snapped with the system within the background &#8230; earlier than it was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. The Pentagon launched new photographs Wednesday, displaying the balloon in flight on Feb. 3 &#8212; the USAF ultimately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}