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  Up up and away!
context: So basically, like non- idiots, they waited until it wasn't going to crash into somebody's house in order to blow it out of the sky. >
  
  I like that they are now calling it a spy balloon not a weather balloon >
  
  I wonder what they’ll discover from the recovering debris. >
  
  If they recover the electronics they can determine what they Chinese were trying to monitor and how. >
  
  IMO they already determined that by intercepting whatever signal it was relaying back. The whole reason why they didn’t shoot it down was probably to do counterintelligence. They said they have been monitoring this balloon since it left China. 
  Plus, they already said this is not the first balloon, and I am sure they wouldn’t have announced this one if it wasn’t caught by civilians.
  Sometimes it is better to act like you are not aware of something and gather as much as intelligence as possible. Like if you discover someone is a spy, you don’t immediately arrest them, you monitor them to see who else they are working with. >
  
  They didn't shoot it down at first because they didn't need to. Yes they took a hard look at it while it was in the air. I heard they saw cameras and a technology bay which means not much really with that kind of info.
  It's getting recovered from 50ft below the ocean. China is already on the record saying it's a weather balloon knowing full well USA was going to get their hands on it. The balloon was never a problem. China not communicating to USA about lost weather balloons is the problem. They still have not provide more details. >
  
  Watch this thing he loaded with shredded newspaper and e-waste >
  
  "Spy balloon" 
  Oh no the Chinese might know how humid it was over Myrtle Beach! Whatever will they do with such confidential information? >
  
  How many ballons are there? >
  
  Many numbers are floating around, but they seemed a little inflated.