The Pentagon has released a selfie taken by the pilot of a US Air Force U2S Dragon Lady who was surveilling the Chinese spy balloon as it traveled across American airspace earlier this month. AdvertisementThe photo shows the shadow cast by the U2 plane across the top of the 200-foot tall balloon’s surface. Officials had said that the spy craft had reached altitudes of 60 to 70,000 feet during its mission. I hope we are going to get to the bottom of this, but I make no apologies for taking down that balloon,’ Biden said in response to complaints from Beijing. The newspaper went on to report that in June 2022, a spy balloon crashed in Hawaii.
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