South Carolina cops order locals to steer clear of debris from Chinese spy ... trends now

South Carolina cops order locals to steer clear of debris from Chinese spy ... trends now
South Carolina cops order locals to steer clear of debris from Chinese spy ... trends now

South Carolina cops order locals to steer clear of debris from Chinese spy ... trends now

South Carolina officials warned residents to stay away from fallen Chinese spy balloon debris that is expected to wash to ashore after it was blown out of the sky by an F22 missile.

A Top Gun fighter jet pilot used a Langley Air Force base raptor to knock down the balloon off of Myrtle Beach coast Saturday at 2.38pm. Footage showed the balloon plummeting toward the ground as it separated from its surveillance payload.

President Joe Biden requested the balloon be shot down on Wednesday as it hovered over Montana, but Pentagon officials insisted to wait until it reached a body of water to avoid civilian injuries.

Officials rushed to retrieve any debris before it sank into the ocean but warned some may be left over.

'Pieces of this balloon are being collected by the US military, however, it is possible that some of those pieces may wash ashore,' Sunset Beach Police Department announced Saturday.

Officials warned residents to call police about fallen Chinese spy balloon debris. The balloon was seen bursting at 2.38pm on Saturday and its payload - the metal structure carrying its cameras - appeared to have been separated as it plummeted towards the Atlantic off Myrtle Beach

Officials warned residents to call police about fallen Chinese spy balloon debris. The balloon was seen bursting at 2.38pm on Saturday and its payload - the metal structure carrying its cameras - appeared to have been separated as it plummeted towards the Atlantic off Myrtle Beach

Attendants were seen retrieving debris from the balloon on Saturday night hours after it had been shot down. Officials warned resident to not touch, remove or move the debris as the remains of the balloon are apart of a federal investigation

Attendants were seen retrieving debris from the balloon on Saturday night hours after it had been shot down. Officials warned resident to not touch, remove or move the debris as the remains of the balloon are apart of a federal investigation

Officials warned residents to not touch, remove or move the debris as the remains of the balloon are a part of a federal investigation. They estimated the balloon was about the size of three buses.

Biden applauded the mission while heading to Maryland on Saturday. Earlier last week, officials feared the Chinese government attempted to target intercontinental ballistic missile fields in Montana.

'They successfully took it down it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it,' the President said as he stepped off Air Force One en route to Camp David at Hagerstown Regional Airport, Maryland.

The Pentagon confirmed: 'The balloon, which was being used by the People's Republic of China in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States, was brought down above US territorial waters.'

Attendants were seen walking along Myrtle Beach at night searching for debris. The balloon was estimated to be about the size of three buses

Attendants were seen walking along Myrtle Beach at night searching for debris. The balloon was

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