The Biden administration is considering a plan to shoot down a large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance on U.S. military, by bringing it down once it is above the Atlantic Ocean where the remnants could potentially be recovered, according to four U.S. officials.
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive operation, said it was unclear whether a final decision had yet been made by President Joe Biden. In a brief remark Saturday in response to a reporter's question about the balloon, Biden said: "We're going to take care of it.
Uncensored reactions on the Chinese internet mirrored the official government stance that the U.S. was hyping up the situation. Censorship was visible on the topic -- the "wandering balloon" hashtag on Weibo was no longer searchable by Saturday evening. Meanwhile, people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the "spy balloon" in the sky as it headed southeastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet . It was spotted Saturday morning over North Carolina as it neared the Atlantic coast.
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