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Military completes recovery of Chinese balloon debris

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Officials say the U.S. believes that Navy, Coast Guard, and FBI personnel collected all of the balloon debris, including equipment that could reveal what information it was able to monitor and collect.

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  1. Breitbart News

    U.S. Military Says 'Significant Debris' Retrieved from Chinese Spy Balloon (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Sensors from the first Chinese spy balloon shot down over the U.S. have been recovered along with other "significant debris" investigators said.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Military Finishes Recovering Chinese Balloon Debris, Says Analysis Supports Spy Theory (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Key equipment now in U.S. possession could reveal what information the ballon was able to monitor and collect.

  3. WTHR Indianapolis

    What analysis of Chinese balloon debris has revealed so far (opens WTHR Indianapolis)

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    WTHR Indianapolis's feed description

    Officials said the U.S. believes that Navy, Coast Guard and FBI personnel have collected all of the balloon debris off the ocean floor.

  4. KHOU Houston

    Military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris (opens KHOU Houston)

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    KHOU Houston's feed description

    Officials said the U.S. believes that Navy, Coast Guard and FBI personnel have collected all of the balloon debris off the ocean floor.

  5. Washington Examiner

    US concludes operation to recover downed Chinese spy balloon (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The U.S. military ended its recovery efforts on Thursday of the Chinese spy balloon that traveled across the country before being shot down earlier this month.

  6. Sioux City Journal

    US Military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    Sioux City Journal's feed description

    Analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon, U.S. officials said Friday.

  7. The Daily Caller

    Military Caps Efforts To Recover Chinese Spy Balloon Off South Carolina (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    The United States military retrieved the remains of the Beijing Spy Balloon off South Carolina Thursday, shipping the debris to a laboratory for observation.

  8. KVIA El Paso

    Chinese spy balloon recovery operation has concluded (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    Originally Published: 17 FEB 23 12:01 ETBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) -- Recovery operations have concluded for the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month, the US military said in a statement Friday.The recovery effort ended after "U.S.

  9. FOX 6 Milwaukee

    Military completes recovery of Chinese balloon debris (opens FOX 6 Milwaukee)

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    FOX 6 Milwaukee's feed description

    Officials say the U.S. believes that Navy, Coast Guard, and FBI personnel collected all of the balloon debris, including equipment that could reveal what information it was able to monitor and collect.

  10. Forbes

    U.S. Completes Recovery Of Chinese Spy Balloon Debris—FBI To Analyze (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Officials said no debris from the three other shot-down objects has been recovered.

  11. Fox News

    US military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris off ocean floor (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The U.S. military finished recovering debris off the ocean floor from the Chinese balloon that was shot down. The operation ended Tuesday and the final pieces are being analyzed.

  12. Al Jazeera

    US completes recovery of downed Chinese balloon debris (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    US officials say that analysis of debris confirms suspicions that balloon was for surveillance, which China denies.

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