Teams have already hauled the big white balloon envelope out of the sea.
was first detected crossing into American airspace on Jan. 28, near Alaska's Aleutian islands, DOD officials have said. It crossed into Canada, then cruised back into the United States over Idaho and headed southeast across the nation from there.
On Feb. 1, President Joe Biden ordered the military to destroy the balloon as soon as it could do so without endangering people and infrastructure on the ground, according to military officials. That moment didn't come until Saturday. The military was able to study the balloon in detail during its leisurely flight through American airspace, DOD officials have said. But recovering and scrutinizing pieces of the balloon could shed even more light on Chinese surveillance technology.
There should be a lot to find. The balloon envelope was about 200 feet tall when inflated, and it hauled aloft a truss structure outfitted with large solar panels and a variety of instruments. Chinese officials have claimed that the airship was an innocuous meteorological balloon that got blown off course accidentally, but U.S. officials have dismissed that explanation. " , a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter
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