In this photo provided by Brian Branch, a large balloon drifts above the Kingston, North Carolina area, with an airplane and its contrail seen below it.
A senior U.S. official told Fox News on Saturday that the government was considering a plan to shoot the balloon down while it's over the Atlantic Ocean where it wouldn't harm any individuals on the ground. Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent toGet the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
What about the 3 that past by when he was President. Just saying.
What took potus so long? Over Alaska would've worked. Nope, Our illustious leader waits until it flies over our military bases and over 1/2 of our country to shoot it down.
Too little too late
For those that keep implying the administration is weak, my personal belief is this is just another test by Chinese to see how far they can go before the US reacted. I think it’s a preview of what we are to expect with Taiwan is not so distant future.
Congratulations after it completed its mission gathered all the Intel it needed you shot it down over the Atlantic so the debris wouldn't hurt people... Like the Pacific Ocean wasn't empty enough or Montana or Wyoming Such a b******* excuse we're weak as f*** with Joe Biden
So, you shoot it down after it transmitted all of the pictures and data China wanted. OMG... It completed it mission and was most likely going to crash in the ocean anyway. China Joe shows he is compromised again.
Right after it did its job. 😑
After Bidens military allowed them to get as many pictures as they needed. Our military has been infiltrated by the communists! That's why they let Biden run amuck!
Satellites: exist U.S. Givernment: okay. Balloon: floating U.S. Government: SEND THE AIRFORCE AND ALERT FOX NEWS
if they did it over the U.S. sky it would be ok but over the ocean
It's job has been done already,so shooting it down has gat no meaning now😥
God bless us all! ✝️🇺🇸🙏
Why did they wait so long.. My bet isBiden let and knew they were coming… War will follow..
Should've been shot before entering Alaska
What a joke. Shooting it down after it captured real-time images of military assets is purely political and nothing more. Damage has been done. Tell me Joe, did you preserve your Chinese Pension?
It's about damn time!
With the balloon payload getting dumped into the ocean ...they can continue saying ..' Oh well it was nothing more then aweather study ballon '...no biggie...the Chinos got their missle site info and the Bidens got their check for Hunter and the Big Guy.
a day late and a Dollar short
Should have shot it down as soon as it was detected.
Let's rock
JustinTrudeau CanadianPM should be questioned for allowing China to operate in North America! Time for USA to liberate Canada from the Communist regime! USPolitics cdnpoli ChineseSpyBalloon Balloon
It has begun
I’m sure the Chinese were just checking on all the properties they own in the US.
I don’t care what side you vote for…this was an EPIC fail and total breach of security. That thing should of been downed over Montana Zero excuses. Fire everyone…failure to act
Awesome job President Biden! No lives are lost or at risk like the republicans all wanted! Keeping America safe is a top priority! Don't listen to the angry republican politicians!
What the hell was NORAD doing We have a NORAD facility at Elmedorf AFB in Alaska along with F-22 Raptors. Damn generals at the pentagon have to go!!
Has anyone considered the possibility that this balloon was dropping another Chinese virus on the American population?
Probably after we had permission from China to do so! Guess they got all the info they needed
Wetin Chinese people dey find for people sky, which kind trouble them dey find
Hopefully these balloons aren’t carrying a “deadly” virus from the ones who got away with it last time…
That was the RESPONSIBLE thing to do. You all and Republicans wanted to shoot it down over Montana without any concern about the people's lives. This Administration monitored it, protected citizens THEN when it was safe, shot it down. ThankyouPresidentBiden🇺🇲🇺🇲
Biden and his staff should be brought up on charges for allowing this.
Bro why you lying it was shot down in myrtle beach !! Fox news why lying i got footage
Kudos to Biden for ordering the shoot down of the Chinese spy baloon but it was done too late. The Chinese have had time to collect valuable intel. It should have been taken down when it was over under-populated Montana.
Oh look, they did what you said they should have done, but where no Americans could be hurt by falling debris, and no doubt you'll still find something wrong with that
So, where did the missile used to shoot it down end up?
The pilot who shot this balloon should be a hero makes me laugh only USA haha
They shoot it down the moment it was done with surveillance. They already got everything they needed. The
Looks like the Big Guy was waiting for his CCP wire transfer before the spyballoon got shot down.
The scam links associated with the news sites is horrible. Leaves Enough reason to believe it all never happened to begin with.
It was about damn time!!! What were they waiting for or afraid of? We appear as a coward ass country NT only to China but to all of our allies too. We 100% have to get this administration out of office before we get F’d up or even seriously tried by one of our adversary’s.
5 days late and a dollar short..
It's all VeryFishy
Bout damn time!
Let’s bury inhumane CCP into historical ash.
Yeah after letting it fly across the USA and collect all the data they wanted. Especially over military base that stores nuclear weapons. It should have been shot down before it entered USA land.
Send a fight jet... you could shout it with a slingshot...
Needs to be an immediate one year trade embargo with China. They need to remember who is in charge.
That’s like wiping before you poop!! Shout it down after they spy on you!
From what I saw they shot the apparatus not the balloon so there won't be much to recover and study.
Well that is great now that it flew over the whole country🤷♀️
Mishap Orchestration
C'mon Man, are you serious why don't we just ask them wtf is up
A little late, you think?
It’s troubling that Biden allowed this balloon to travel for days relaying info back to China. It’s shot down surely after Biden received permission from China. Would China have shot us down sooner?
How fast was it traveling? Wasn't it over Montana yesterday?
Nothing but garbage spilling out of the government new for days why didn’t they shoot it down to protect our country and the citizens? It should have never been permitted into our NO FLY ZONE !
Xi's check to Joe wouldn't clear til the balloon reached the Atlantic
So they shot it down. At this point, BFD. Too late to undo the damage to our country by waiting so many days.
No the Southern military shot it down, the Northern military wanted to eat popcorn and watch it.
At least Atlantis is now safe from discovery!
Everyone should get ready we will have a major direct conflict in the near future. As Americans we need to get ready and be ready to fight. Like it or don’t like it, but we are in energy and financial war right now.
NOPE
What if it wasn’t gathering information? What if it was a test to spread something? It would have worked perfectly.
You mean shut it down after it had completed its reconnaissance mission
A competent president would've shot it down before reaching Alaska.
What if the thing was disabled by an EMP missile when it first crossed into Montana as videos suggest? If true, probably made sense to down it in territorial waters to retrieve as much of its components as possible.
President Joe Biden takes out spy balloon single handedly
Little late. 2 days after all intelligence has been communicated to china. Wouldn’t be surprised if Biden told china this is what he will do because of the pressure of American citizens!
We should send one over china and see how fast it’s shot down 🍦
It should've been shot down over America people.
Biden had to destroy the evidence because of course he was involved with the balloon project along with China and the WEF.
China was capturing all the data from the chips in the Covid vaccines…
Finally!
After all the information was transferred.
Maybe next time take it out before it gets here🫣
Remember how so many of you freaked out when Snowden exposed how & what the US govt could collect on you? Well, now that the balloon is gone, they can go back to doing that again.
Trying to understand shooting down at this point other than for political reasons to save face and try and look strong. Data collected as it crossed the US has already been transmitted to China. Weak and way to late response.
I hope they pick it up to see what it was doing?
Pentagon is gonna burry the story now and act like it never existed.
US government had to wait for China to complete its upload prior to be given permission to shoot it down.
About time!
The never happy crowd
why would they send a balloon.. we must be the baboons 😅
FJBiden must have gotten word from his CCP partners they have gotten all the info they needed......
Somethings telling me we are a tad bit late
Little late biden just showed the entire world that china owns his traitor ass under him we now have open borders and open air space what a pathetic traitor should be impeached yesterday
Probably asked China’s permission first
Should have shot it down at Canadian border.
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