Video shows moment US shot down suspected Chinese spy balloon after Americans reported sightings Saturday

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Video shows moment US shot down suspected Chinese spy balloon after Americans reported sightings Saturday
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Americans on Saturday reported seeing the large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance as it drifted over the Southern U.S. Footage on TV and captured by onlookers appears to show it being shot down:

Andrew Hammond, historian and curator at the International Spy Museum, discusses China's spy balloon and other methods of espionage.Americans on Saturday reporting seeing the large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance Hours later, it was shot out of the sky over the Atlantic Ocean.

On Saturday afternoon, The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily closed airspace over the Carolina coastline, including the airports in Charleston and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina. The Coast Guard also worked to clear the water. Earlier in the day, Americans in the Carolinas were using cell phones and professional cameras to document the balloon's trajectory on Saturday. The balloon was spotted over Montana earlier this week.

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