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This NOTAM was issued today.


https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_1029.html



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So I think they either shot it down or tried to shoot it down somewhere between 1:15 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. ET off the coast of Myrtle Beach.

There is also a TFR closing a huge swath of airspace that became active in the last hour or so. (Surface to 60,000 feet closed)

We just made a stop at Bucee's in Florence, S.C., and as we were driving south and about to pull off, there was some very unusual contrails and aircraft activity in the air just off the coast (it seemed). Then we definitely saw the balloon.

I've got pics of the balloon, but I do not have photos of the "unusual" contrails. (What I would describe as high-speed turns, almost looked like what you would see with a rocket launch.)

Update: Sure enough Fox News is saying it's on its way down.

Update 2: We can see it coming down from I-95 Exit 146.


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Inexcusable to not take it down, could have been be done over Alaska or Canada where there are vast areas with little or no population. Why in the hell would we not?

It’s descending gradually and down to within A-10 range I believe.

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AAAAAAAH!!

WHAT THE HECK, JOE?? I told you! I am Weather Balloon! Hello!

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I'LL BE BACK!! RUNNING CAPITALIST DOGS!! WE INVADE YOUR COUNTRY, USE YOU FOR FOOT STOOL, MAKE YOU LICK SIDEWALK!! YOU EVER TASTE SIDEWALK?? IT NOT TASTE GOOD, I TELL YOU.

But, as I say, I am only Weather Ballon. Happy, happy balloon. Hello!! Smile

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So they are splashing it in the water?




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Maybe you get Kamala Harris swim out here and blow me back up. I hear she very, very good at that!

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Can someone explain what we're looking at here? I see two contrails, is one the intercepting plane and the other a missile? Someone was saying that due to how the balloon was instantly shredded, it must have been a shrapnel-producing munition with a proximity fuse.

EDIT: Reported to be an F-22 from Langley firing an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.

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So they let it travel across the US then shoot it down? Is that right? Dumb fucks have that shit backwards.
 
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^^^ %100.

' bout fucking time.

Day late and a dollar short. I'm honestly surprised the inept Biden regime made this decision but, apparently, the public interest in this story forced him to take an action he didn't really want to.

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So they are splashing it in the water?

Yes, splashdown off Myrtle Beach. EDIT: About about six nautical miles offshore.

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Wait for, now bidet can pull the tough guy routine. Roll Eyes

Oh, and wouldn't you know it, there's a Chinese Spy Balloon twitter account ala Andre Wang:
https://twitter.com/Andre_Wang


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Weather Balloon....you get blown back up by Kamaltoe don't come flying over my house! I will shoot you down and my dog will pee on you!
 
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So they let it travel across the US then shoot it down? Is that right? Dumb fucks have that shit backwards.


My thoughts exactly.




 
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It's good that all of this happened and that the story got worldwide attention. Embarrassed? I'm not embarrassed. We have a president who knelt down in front of a basketball team. We have a military more concerned with Gay Pride festivities than defending this nation. We're far past embarrassment.

I think the idea of this unknown thing floating over this country, and the buffoonish way it was handled by the Biden administration and the Nancy boys at the Pentagon, may have shaken some people awake.
 
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I am sure all the important data was already transmitted to the CCP, once they confirmed the data was received they gave Brandon the OK to pop their balloon.

He will claim it was a victory and that by making the tough decision to splash it he is standing up to his master and has kept them from getting sensitive info Roll Eyes


What’s the over/under on us being “unable to recover any wreckage that would provide information of it’s purpose”?






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