What’s inside China’s spy balloon? Former CIA director explains

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  • Опубліковано 2 лют 2023
  • Former CIA Director John Brennan and Richard Haas, president of the Council of Foreign Relations, join Meet the Press NOW to explain what is known of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon flying over America, and analyze what motivations could be behind the act.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 5 тис.

  • @g.b.1375
    @g.b.1375 Рік тому +502

    Are they guessing it's a spy balloon? It would be a great way to deliver something harmful.

    • @takelasmith406
      @takelasmith406 Рік тому +65

      Exactly what i was thinking dropping chemical or biological things over us or maybe haccing or emp things etc...

    • @SamSam-ih6nt
      @SamSam-ih6nt Рік тому

      They won't shoot it down bc of the "payload"

    • @dmtmediabrothers
      @dmtmediabrothers Рік тому +41

      Itd be awesome if they were lying and it was a ufo

    • @AnyMotoUSA
      @AnyMotoUSA Рік тому +15

      @@takelasmith406 or worse, an emp

    • @cameliawilks2049
      @cameliawilks2049 Рік тому +41

      I was thinking the same thing. What could they be releasing into the atmosphere? Scary thought.

  • @filipinainaforeignland3552
    @filipinainaforeignland3552 Рік тому +958

    I can not walk through airport security without taking the keys out of my pocket, but the government allows an enemy to float a large balloon into US airspace and then travel across the country

    • @marieflorjacinto9390
      @marieflorjacinto9390 Рік тому +40

      Correct.

    • @naga_hill_rooster
      @naga_hill_rooster Рік тому +20

      Poor Filipina stop crying 🤣

    • @df7665
      @df7665 Рік тому +5

      Yup!

    • @nancychace8619
      @nancychace8619 Рік тому +19

      Some truth to what you are saying, although security measures at airports are sensible ways to shortstop problems with terrorism.

    • @etttoo3698
      @etttoo3698 Рік тому

      Vote for senile Biden, Biden is going to shoot this balloon in the leg

  • @philiphapeshis1226
    @philiphapeshis1226 Рік тому +6

    I seen this in my state just had no clue what it was..There is a lot going on we
    Don’t know as always.

  • @AwesomeAndy918
    @AwesomeAndy918 Рік тому +2

    Regardless of what anyone stated, the balloon should never have arrived in the country. What method was used for the balloon's undetected entry into America?

  • @johnwatson9518
    @johnwatson9518 Рік тому +20

    Balloons don't "hover". Winds aloft are 60+ mph. In 24 hours it should travel 1440 miles to the east. They're blowing smoke and lying out their butt holes.

  • @bodhi8260
    @bodhi8260 Рік тому +532

    They only acknowledged it because civilians saw it lol

    • @markmerritt6089
      @markmerritt6089 Рік тому +32

      TRUE

    • @davidmorris5555
      @davidmorris5555 Рік тому +13

      It’s a lie

    • @rachelr3230
      @rachelr3230 Рік тому +2

      Incredible...

    • @OM-kl3pk
      @OM-kl3pk Рік тому +17

      Yes, they were probably 99% sure it would not be detected !

    • @hihihihihello
      @hihihihihello Рік тому

      Montana is mostly federal land and most all of Montana is empty cattle range, their excuse of a debris field is not legitimate. If china wanted to spy it could easily use one of it's many satellites that can read serial numbers on a penny in the Mariana trench

  • @ToaAntan
    @ToaAntan Рік тому +1

    "You're not gonna see anymore balloons" *immediately another balloon is found flying over Central America. lol.

  • @DeborahGee
    @DeborahGee Рік тому +9

    Thanks for the interview. Strange though that no one knows anything. How can they find out what is inside of the balloon since it was blown up?

    • @Danielson1818
      @Danielson1818 Рік тому +2

      Huh? The balloon was full of gas (that's how balloons work). The equipment hanging underneath is the stuff we want to look into. All that equipment fell into the ocean, and the military recovered the pieces. They can absolutely figure out what that equipment is.

    • @DeborahGee
      @DeborahGee Рік тому +1

      Of course there is gas inside a balloon but I clearly missed the part about something hanging from the balloon. Thanks for the clarification Daniel.

    • @user-ie2vi6zb4r
      @user-ie2vi6zb4r Рік тому +1

      @@Danielson1818 你以为你们政府像让你们看到什么?为什么一定要在看出美国才击落还是在海上?一个热气球还得导弹才击落

    • @lamar9331
      @lamar9331 Рік тому

      They wouldn't tell you even if they know. We only know what they want us to know, and that goes for Covid, 911 and US bombings. They knew about it ALL!!!

  • @stevek229
    @stevek229 Рік тому +65

    "The one thing you aren't going to see are anymore balloons..." There is now a second balloon flying over Latin America. Way to call that!

    • @kathleenaustin327
      @kathleenaustin327 Рік тому +7

      Nothing is being said about it!!

    • @tessietesoro7407
      @tessietesoro7407 Рік тому +6

      There's a balloon in Canada too, locals saw it, or is it the same balloon? 😲

    • @LionIron447
      @LionIron447 Рік тому +10

      It reminds me of the movie Independence Day and the guy says "Checkmate" because the ships were lining up, for something big.

    • @noneyabeeysnass8283
      @noneyabeeysnass8283 Рік тому +6

      @@tessietesoro7407 Yes the one over Canada is the same one passing over the United States…

    • @Mikebuster
      @Mikebuster Рік тому +2

      the one over latin america must of started on the same air stream as the other presumably its already travelled and cleared the US and was in fact the first of the two?

  • @bothworlds69
    @bothworlds69 Рік тому +60

    They are trying to see how will The United States react... something bigger is coming

  • @CHRIS-jq1jj
    @CHRIS-jq1jj Рік тому +1

    General Douglas MacArthur once praised the gallantry and supreme tactical skills of Filipino soldiers during World War II: “Give me 10,000 Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.”

  • @mikeking4193
    @mikeking4193 Рік тому +11

    Would you not want a spy balloon to be somewhat camouflaged? This one appeared to be easy to see.

  • @dant7306
    @dant7306 Рік тому +402

    It’s not what’s in the balloon. The fact that they flying over U.S territory carelessly scares me

    • @davidmorris5555
      @davidmorris5555 Рік тому +1

      It’s a lie

    • @Shred_Tube
      @Shred_Tube Рік тому +21

      Nah its definitely whats in the balloon. Idk how to break it to you, but chinese aircraft have been flying over the U.S for decades

    • @beauteoussounds1156
      @beauteoussounds1156 Рік тому +18

      Leaning towards it’s payoff having more to do with observing how we react to it.
      More Chinese chess than Chinese checkers.

    • @skreety0455
      @skreety0455 Рік тому +2

      It's over Montana...

    • @skreety0455
      @skreety0455 Рік тому +3

      @@davidmorris5555 A mirage? Pretty...... Lunar New Year Spy Balloon?

  • @pnice494
    @pnice494 Рік тому +53

    The administration just gave the balloon citizenship, a bridge card, voter registration and a hotel room.

    • @kimbern1423
      @kimbern1423 Рік тому +6

      Haha love it.

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig Рік тому +1

      This could just barely pass as non-satire.
      _Whyyyyy_

    • @jasond6215
      @jasond6215 Рік тому +4

      LMAO

    • @jasond6215
      @jasond6215 Рік тому

      My guess is your from MI...calling it a bridge card and not food stamps

    • @JusticeAlways
      @JusticeAlways Рік тому +1

      What it needs is hot air...you seem to qualify as a source for supply.
      🤣

  • @BellicV
    @BellicV 11 місяців тому

    I like how everyone forgot about this all of a sudden and never mentioned it again.

  • @dianeterry4261
    @dianeterry4261 Рік тому +1

    Exactly it's to see how we react.

  • @Iburn247
    @Iburn247 Рік тому +25

    Why are we allowing a "spy" balloon in our airspace?

    • @melaniematthews5698
      @melaniematthews5698 Рік тому

      Why indeed

    • @lorainejones41
      @lorainejones41 Рік тому

      Because we forgot how to defend the homeland wandering the planet looking for wars to start, this is how Rome fell.

  • @bigimportantman1544
    @bigimportantman1544 Рік тому +101

    I’m glad they’re so confident that there’s nothing to worry about.
    It’s not like bio-weapons have been delivered with balloons in the past or anything.

    • @johnbrown8570
      @johnbrown8570 Рік тому

      Who delivers bio weapons to bumfuck, middle of nowhere Montana, population: 16?!!

    • @mikkimoore2840
      @mikkimoore2840 Рік тому +8

      Just told my coworker that would be a brilliant delivery of bio warfare. Don't look up, eh?

    • @Frankiarmz
      @Frankiarmz Рік тому +11

      Perfect delivery for a high altitude nuclear detonation, which would destroy our power grid indefinitely 😡

    • @AWordofHope
      @AWordofHope Рік тому

      Exactly!

    • @Peter-Pumpkin
      @Peter-Pumpkin Рік тому +1

      @@Frankiarmz uh huh.... yeah im sure a balloon big enough to carry a nuclear weapon wouldn’t be a massive target

  • @nuhumaishanu6944
    @nuhumaishanu6944 Рік тому +1

    Shooting down the balloon was the right thing to do even if it was a weather balloon. It had no business being in US airspace for several days without the Chinese alerting the US

  • @synthetictelepathy
    @synthetictelepathy Рік тому +37

    It's called testing the waters

  • @waynedodds863
    @waynedodds863 Рік тому +2

    The balloon went through Canadian air space. There was no response by the Canadian armed forces and no response from the Canadian Government. I'd be asking some questions about our allies in the north.

  • @SowingSeedsWithChristy
    @SowingSeedsWithChristy Рік тому +7

    I think it was the most responsible move to shoot it down over water, in case it contained some kind of toxic substance. It WAS weird to see that some dark gas came out of the balloon.

    • @aea8753
      @aea8753 Рік тому

      So its ok the traverse through the middle of the country collecting up to date high res images and electro and radio signals from highly sensitive military bases and nuclear missle silos. But a bit of gas you are scared off? Dude the information that they have gotten now is a far bigger threat than if it fell on someone or let out some gas

    • @bobhope4949
      @bobhope4949 Рік тому

      What about the whales😡

    • @SowingSeedsWithChristy
      @SowingSeedsWithChristy Рік тому

      @@aea8753 no, of course not. None of it's ok. But what is the alternative?
      What wld you have done? I wasnt just talking about gases. What if the balloon had contained anthrax or a chemical agent?
      Why do people just glom on to one part of a statement? 🤔

    • @SowingSeedsWithChristy
      @SowingSeedsWithChristy Рік тому

      @@bobhope4949 Yes, the whales! :( I do love them so! But what are the choices?

  • @joeswanson401
    @joeswanson401 Рік тому +275

    Just when I thought my confidence in our government couldn't go any lower, here we are.

    • @luisvelez5695
      @luisvelez5695 Рік тому

      So you want it blown up ? our military is getting info as well on Chinese electronics and tech from this balloon . could it be that china wants us to blow it up ?

    • @brianhicks8234
      @brianhicks8234 Рік тому

      Bet I can mark it lower after they just confirmed a second balloon over Latin America. Anyone over 45 besides me remember Red Dawn movie…. I’m just saying. Wide open border, foreign craft allowed over US with no consequences. Don’t think a bunker can help us at this point. Maybe Biden has the same deal as the mayor in the movie??

    • @herealittlewhile7448
      @herealittlewhile7448 Рік тому +11

      100% agree

    • @spammerscammer
      @spammerscammer Рік тому

      Biden still has a couple years. It'll go lower I'm sure.

    • @cliftonmcmullen7167
      @cliftonmcmullen7167 Рік тому +1

      Facts… US leadership is inept.

  • @120offroadllc
    @120offroadllc Рік тому +45

    So if no civilians caught this on their smartphones would they have told us? 🤔

    • @michaelj4256
      @michaelj4256 Рік тому +9

      Doubt it

    • @120offroadllc
      @120offroadllc Рік тому +2

      Remember when they fired the two Hypersonic missiles and new nobody knew about it?

    • @120offroadllc
      @120offroadllc Рік тому

      I don't think that's UFOs we're seeing. Probably high altitude china military drones?

    • @120offroadllc
      @120offroadllc Рік тому +2

      Could be passing that info to Russia?

    • @Michael-pi8ps
      @Michael-pi8ps Рік тому

      This happens all the time of course they don’t wanna tell you. We’ve got the CIA they operate everyday across the world in various countries and we accept that as fine.
      Don’t you think the Chinese have their own spies and why are you surprised they are in the USA. It happens.

  • @EricYKLee62
    @EricYKLee62 Рік тому +1

    What scares me is how scared USA is of a 🎈

  • @djaaferrahmine8580
    @djaaferrahmine8580 Рік тому +1

    The Air Force should've shut down that balloon the second it entered the US airspace, not after it crossed that many states and transmitted the data it collected to the Chinese military.

  • @megadog5743
    @megadog5743 Рік тому +46

    This administration is a joke.🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @topkek4223
      @topkek4223 Рік тому +3

      Cope leave the USA then

    • @fredgervinm.p.3315
      @fredgervinm.p.3315 Рік тому +14

      Trump wouldn't let this happen...

    • @topkek4223
      @topkek4223 Рік тому +1

      @@fredgervinm.p.3315 LOL Trump is sleeping with China. He probably would welcome them with open arms and his back area open. What are you babbling about?

    • @willieboy8798
      @willieboy8798 Рік тому

      and so are the worthless people that voted him in office...he didnt do it on his own!

    • @Asilentobserver
      @Asilentobserver Рік тому

      @@topkek4223 Isn’t that what the libs always threaten?

  • @louchandler5842
    @louchandler5842 Рік тому +19

    I just want know why our government hasn’t knocked it into oblivion 😡

    • @only2genders02
      @only2genders02 Рік тому

      Joe is weak and afraid.

    • @bigal8986
      @bigal8986 Рік тому

      C'mon man
      You know it's a 3 bus load that Corn Popp ordered

    • @heidiperez1387
      @heidiperez1387 Рік тому +1

      Our president is a little on the slow side!

  • @firas16636
    @firas16636 Рік тому +8

    It could have been testing the air defenses throughout our air spac. Gathering information of vulnerable or less defended routes could be a possibility. Our defense needs to check all possibilities.

    • @msmith53
      @msmith53 Рік тому

      No doubt...aliens!🤪

  • @Chanchanlala
    @Chanchanlala Рік тому

    Imagine your flat mate put a spy cam in your room then gaslight “it’s just a decoration, you’re over reacting”

  • @punkinhed
    @punkinhed Рік тому +40

    This is what happens when our administration are full of cowardice.

    • @zbaby82
      @zbaby82 Рік тому +1

      Baloney.

    • @milspec8283
      @milspec8283 Рік тому

      Just look at how much money the Chinese government has given to the biden family and you'll realize china owns biden.

    • @justiniswebb9
      @justiniswebb9 Рік тому

      So if we shoot it down, you'd be screaming about how careless and dangerous this Administration is, 🙄.
      Have a seat.

    • @kmontgomery27
      @kmontgomery27 Рік тому

      @@zbaby82 he’s right. Trump collets that fukin balloon then destroys it.

    • @larrysmith8635
      @larrysmith8635 Рік тому +1

      In bed with china

  • @walterrayfield1480
    @walterrayfield1480 Рік тому +7

    How did our government allow this to get over the United States

    • @lestagez
      @lestagez Рік тому +2

      because it was launched from the us by chinese here

  • @theybrokemywatch
    @theybrokemywatch Рік тому

    I can’t believe they think we want to hear anything from Brennan.

  • @Fernando-wz6no
    @Fernando-wz6no Рік тому

    spy or "civilian" they have *ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT* to do so

  • @kurdi98k
    @kurdi98k Рік тому +9

    Do you understand how embarrassing this is? This is the most embarrassing thing since perl harbor. This balloon could have taken down nuclear silos.

  • @markmoyer5572
    @markmoyer5572 Рік тому +23

    We the people will never know

  • @malliatsee4931
    @malliatsee4931 Рік тому +1

    1. Its funny that china doesn't inform about the lost balloon to the world!
    2. It is worrying that US is unable to detect and stop it!
    3. It is worrying that they let the balloon stay in US airspace for days!!

  • @xaviercortez1962
    @xaviercortez1962 Рік тому +1

    It looks more like an advertisement balloon that got cut off from the corner rooftop of the grocery store and floated away

  • @Thatkayy7195
    @Thatkayy7195 Рік тому +1

    I think they could've found a way to attach it to a fishing pole or something and reeled it in. Or shot a detector to see what was is the balloon as it shot through.

  • @WhiteLion513
    @WhiteLion513 Рік тому +180

    Love how he dodges the fact of how long we've known about this Ballon

    • @Patterson24
      @Patterson24 Рік тому +16

      The fact that it got so close to sensitive military sites over Montana means it wasn't discovered until late despite what the media says

    • @lilys7431
      @lilys7431 Рік тому +15

      To be fair he is retired so he isn’t getting security briefings.

    • @guerilla9one
      @guerilla9one Рік тому +6

      Trudeau hasn't commented much here but I'm aware he has also denied allowance to take it down when it was floating over here heading to united states

    • @dannypomeroy9255
      @dannypomeroy9255 Рік тому +4

      Do you realize how big that thing is I'm sure they will watch it fall at some point after it gets the clearance to watch it fall to ground

    • @lewiswhite722
      @lewiswhite722 Рік тому +6

      @@dannypomeroy9255 I`ve got clearance to watch it. Hopefully I`ll get the clearance to watch it fall to the ground soon.

  • @nicholasyoder
    @nicholasyoder Рік тому +16

    Biden out for a night walk: “Oh would you look at that beautiful moon!”

  • @alvarocordova3664
    @alvarocordova3664 Рік тому +8

    They should have gotten the spy balloon intact to make sure what
    it was all about.

  • @Invisibility6
    @Invisibility6 Рік тому

    Track what information it obtained and where the information was reporting to

  • @nope4454
    @nope4454 Рік тому +27

    Anyone else find it odd that this shows up shortly after the FAA had to ground all flights for the first time since 9/11 due to a suspected hacking? No? Just me? Ok

    • @MrCougar214
      @MrCougar214 Рік тому +1

      Nope. I noticed too and called BS on it.

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig Рік тому +1

      Aw man. Don't connect _those_ dots... 😣

    • @markmerritt6089
      @markmerritt6089 Рік тому +1

      Billings grounded flights, no in or out. Remained over the missile silos most of Wednesday. It is actually navigable. likely A type of BLIMP.

  • @abbibrennen2549
    @abbibrennen2549 Рік тому +84

    That former CIA director just said we don't know what their motivation is? What planet is he on?

    • @terryjonas7130
      @terryjonas7130 Рік тому +3

      This is a actor, real Brennan executed at Gitmo long ago.

    • @mykelmyerzbeats
      @mykelmyerzbeats Рік тому +5

      Soo our Marines Navy and Army just let this happen

    • @MarkiMark213
      @MarkiMark213 Рік тому +19

      All the multi trillions spent in defense, and they have no clue what to do with a balloon

    • @josephfalardeau7841
      @josephfalardeau7841 Рік тому +1

      he probaly vote for biden and he is lost like him

    • @glennnewton5222
      @glennnewton5222 Рік тому

      @Mykel Myerz Beats At the direction of your wonderful president!

  • @notallowed33
    @notallowed33 Рік тому

    This guy knows about 1958 US military balloon, regarding EMP. Not having shot it down could have ended everyone in the USA. Shut down our electric, our drinkable water supply, our ability to grow crops, etc. This is very serious. It's good that it was destroyed.

  • @sarahblackmon2196
    @sarahblackmon2196 Рік тому +1

    Head of Foreign Relations? Whatever what these Politicians are saying, feel very sad and upset that China can successfully fly something over us. Politicians and intelligence community, China just demonstrated to Russia that the US is not as so tough as the government sound.

  • @rainbocatz6376
    @rainbocatz6376 Рік тому +12

    Hey, yeah, John Brennan has never lied to us!

  • @PUBHEAD1
    @PUBHEAD1 Рік тому +17

    US should send a Macy's Day Balloon that looks like Xi Jinping, dressed as Winnie the Pooh, holding a camera over China 📷

  • @WA_S_S_AW
    @WA_S_S_AW Рік тому +37

    This is the fourth balloon. The first three overflew CONUS and Alaska during the previous administration. It was included in the PDBs, that were never read.
    The balloon was under intelligent control, but telemetry doesn’t take that much data. High resolution imaging does and that would be stored locally and collected at time of retrieval. Somewhere along the balloons final course would have been a boat that was going to retrieve it. Now the data is either sitting with the wreckage off the Carolina coast or it’s already on its way in a small, self guided submersible. Now let’s see what this guy says.

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 Рік тому +4

      It dropped something just before it got hit..

    • @greenrabbit4075
      @greenrabbit4075 Рік тому +2

      ​@@christopherleubner6633 It sharted..quite understandable^^

    • @buildmotosykletist1987
      @buildmotosykletist1987 Рік тому +1

      There has been 7 according to the spokesman.

    • @jubilancejubilance2497
      @jubilancejubilance2497 Рік тому +1

      @@christopherleubner6633 Ohoh

    • @Elemental_Entity
      @Elemental_Entity Рік тому

      No, they did not, that is a lie The Biden regime is spreading.
      No Balloons flew over the U. S. When Trump was in office.
      People did not look up and report any Balloons until this one occured.
      China would not have the balls to do it while Trump was in office.
      Your being lied to and are spreading those lies.

  • @cynthiarowley719
    @cynthiarowley719 Рік тому +1

    Will our government really tell us, the citizenry?

  • @morbidlyoppressed9038
    @morbidlyoppressed9038 Рік тому +22

    When you buy a painting from Hunter for $500,000 you get to do this

  • @amymoquin8636
    @amymoquin8636 Рік тому +3

    I don't buy into the fear of collateral damage. This thing came into our airspace through Canada and traveled over desolate places. They could've shot it down then.

  • @gelatinskeleton8745
    @gelatinskeleton8745 Рік тому +93

    So, they know it’s not a danger, way up in the air, but I have to take my shoes off at the airport.

    • @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings
      @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Рік тому +2

      Mind Begs the Question:
      Chinese Spying,TikTok - not Ok
      Israeli Spying,Pegasus - Ok?

    • @anitagolke1678
      @anitagolke1678 Рік тому

      No they don't know it's not dangerous !!!

    • @Acelyn
      @Acelyn Рік тому +1

      You made a good point I agree

    • @syourke3
      @syourke3 Рік тому

      We are now living in a national security state. The CIA controls the media and the government. Brennan is a psychopath liar. Don’t believe a word he says.

    • @Foofrarf23
      @Foofrarf23 Рік тому +1

      The Chinese could possibly be studying our infrastructure and how and where to attack it - especially our power grids/ stations.

  • @howardtibbsthethird
    @howardtibbsthethird Рік тому

    …… And I don’t even want to get into the social ramifications of why they would release such a balloon to see how we react.

  • @gainerman
    @gainerman Рік тому +1

    At least it wasn't a huge out of control satellite that was potentially going to come through one of our roof's.

  • @timotoole8725
    @timotoole8725 Рік тому +6

    This government has lost all credibility of protecting the AMERICAN PEOPLE.

  • @CalmMello
    @CalmMello Рік тому +148

    There is no way our intelligence didn’t know this was coming. There is a purpose.

    • @toriaeverheart4291
      @toriaeverheart4291 Рік тому +16

      Totally agree with you.

    • @twatson6252
      @twatson6252 Рік тому +9

      I pray you are right anyway this was not good.I hope they can recover what was in it.

    • @alyssarasmussen1723
      @alyssarasmussen1723 Рік тому +8

      @@toriaeverheart4291 VIRUSES?!?!?!

    • @billycarson
      @billycarson Рік тому

      Believe the balloon belongs to Russia & the China is covering for Russia that would explain the quick strange response, etc. & of course China needs oil & gas from Russia. If this is all true looking for some kind of attack by Russia in the near future because of all the military hardware going to Ukraine by the USA. Richard Haas, president of the Council of Foreign Relations made some important points.

    • @fierceleo
      @fierceleo Рік тому

      China out smarting the U.S. in tech stealth as usual. So China downloading all the intelligence gathered from the balloon to there hard drives , while
      looking for a weakness somewhere , to where they can attack in the near future?

  • @anthonypearson6509
    @anthonypearson6509 Рік тому

    This was a test of the element of surprise

  • @xips420
    @xips420 Рік тому +17

    They don't need a balloon. They have tiktok.

    • @bigpete7865
      @bigpete7865 Рік тому

      They have that for other surveillance. But to get closer visual images of exact locations of nuclear sites then it would make more sense.

    • @godbyone
      @godbyone Рік тому +4

      Borders wide open. Million Chinese agents already walked in

  • @OhNoNotAgain42
    @OhNoNotAgain42 Рік тому +80

    In the 1989 “Batman” film, Joker filled his balloon with deadly gas. Luckily, Batman had a Batplane with a big pliers and cutting tool. We have had 30 years to build this capacity into the F-22 or F-35. Clear failure of imagination.

    • @ericsprague4273
      @ericsprague4273 Рік тому

      I was thinking of that movie when I first heard of this. Look that ballon could be delivering deadly biological weapons through aerosols. We study this stuff in the military. I wouldn't just be letting this thing floating around America. Biden is so weak!!!

    • @2packs227
      @2packs227 Рік тому

      Right snag it and take it back to China

    • @zelmo73
      @zelmo73 Рік тому +1

      F-22s and F-35s can’t fly 12 to 15 miles up in the stratosphere.

    • @anywx550
      @anywx550 Рік тому

      Where the frigg is batman right now

    • @nullburger
      @nullburger Рік тому

      What, you don’t recall when Trump bragged in 2020 that he had a "super-duper missile" under development? Clearly you're not up to speed on the Burton JK-3R anti-aerostat precision-guided munition recently introduced by renowned defense contractor Wayne-Powers. 🙃
      Levity aside, the jet fighters of today operate at much faster speeds than WW2-era German fighter/bombers with cable fenders (just as a prior example of aerial cable-cutting technology). Assuming that the F-22 _did_ have wing-edge cutters, which would impede its supersonic aerodynamic performance (and increase its radar profile), it's easy to imagine the fighter’s wing being sheared off while trying to cut a cable at jet-turbine-driven velocity. Granted, the F-22 can slow down, but that's intended for landing approaches and airshow fly-bys; trying that in the rarefied air at 60K feet (where the Chinese balloon has been spotted) would reduce aircraft stability and increase the risk of a stall.
      Also, Canada lost control of a stratospheric weather balloon (reportedly 275 ft high vs. Chinese balloon’s 80-120 ft., depending on how many bus-lengths you go by) in 1998 and the Chrétien administration was worried it might drift into Russian airspace (it eventually landed near Mariehamn). Jet fighters from multiple NATO member states, plus Sweden, fired their cannons and rockets at the balloon, yet they failed to down it. Imagine all those thousands of wasted 20-30mm rounds, plus ejected casings and linkages (although, the F-22’s M61 Gatling might return those bits to the ammo drum), raining downward. 😬

  • @Dragon-Headed-Caterpillar
    @Dragon-Headed-Caterpillar Рік тому

    "...You are innocent before proven guilty..." Look like US doesn't practice that anymore?

  • @edgykris1
    @edgykris1 Рік тому +1

    Why didn't we just 'tether' the balloon?...ya know, like sticky frog tongue connection, and drag it down for consumption...

  • @kayak9078
    @kayak9078 Рік тому +13

    How is it not intentionality when the balloon pops up out of nowhere above US missile silos?

  • @PhysGraffiti
    @PhysGraffiti Рік тому +98

    Instinctively you don’t let your enemies fly giant balloons with unknown tech over your home, the fact that we are letting them do it is weak…

    • @rustymugg9658
      @rustymugg9658 Рік тому

      Hella weak like CCP owns the US and all in it

    • @tsomongthejings4880
      @tsomongthejings4880 Рік тому +1

      America is indeed weak now...
      Not doing anything now will embolden China and do more of this in the near future...

    • @YagiZaru
      @YagiZaru Рік тому +5

      What about a satellite, then? This happens daily; our satellites go over their homes constantly, too.

    • @bluewffl8472
      @bluewffl8472 Рік тому +12

      @@YagiZaru satellites aren't in our airspace...it's international

    • @kiabtoomlauj6249
      @kiabtoomlauj6249 Рік тому +8

      @@YagiZaru Satellites are way up IN SPACE. This is the altitude of many fighter jets, 40,000 - 60,000 ft.
      Anyway, if China's going to do this, pretty soon, America's gonna let a balloon lose over China, too. Two can play the game: if you "accidentally" send a balloon, 60Kft up over you competitor, you have no right to beetch, when they RECIPROCATE the action. It's all done "innocently, through accidents," of course.

  • @BePositiveMindset
    @BePositiveMindset Рік тому

    It just fills in the GPS info they didn't get from Pokemon go. Polar winds shift, America panics, China laughs.

  • @yeserimulondo5971
    @yeserimulondo5971 Рік тому

    Could be something infectious

  • @jimmylee8810
    @jimmylee8810 Рік тому +25

    This is why we need a strong administration!

    • @HongLe-ie5go
      @HongLe-ie5go Рік тому +6

      Americans people need president Trump back

    • @sacredhealstv901
      @sacredhealstv901 Рік тому +2

      @@HongLe-ie5go Yeah life is going great for that dolt

    • @turdferguson82
      @turdferguson82 Рік тому +11

      You mean a dude with dementia and a woman who can't complete a sentence without bursting into uncomfortable laughter aren't taken seriously by our enemies?!

    • @justiniswebb9
      @justiniswebb9 Рік тому +4

      Trump would just whine that it's a Chynah balloon filled with bats.

    • @justiniswebb9
      @justiniswebb9 Рік тому +3

      @@HongLe-ie5go Won't happen.

  • @reneej7241
    @reneej7241 Рік тому +81

    Wow! A whole story about a balloon that could have been shot down days ago!

    • @user-yz8il3tx3q
      @user-yz8il3tx3q Рік тому

      What if it is bioweapons were do you shoot that down? I am not buying it the Chinese have satellites to spy with.

    • @QueensNativeNYC
      @QueensNativeNYC Рік тому +7

      I like how everyone suddenly becomes a self proclaimed expert about how to handle a flying object they know absolutely nothing about.. Sure just shoot it down without even knowing what the balloon is made of or what's inside of it.. Meanwhile you're lucky you can fly a kite in your neighborhood without a causing a dangerous mishap..

    • @abatude5879
      @abatude5879 Рік тому +1

      But what's in it 🎁😷😵🌀

    • @noneyabeeysnass8283
      @noneyabeeysnass8283 Рік тому

      Shoot it down and possibly spread a bio weapon like candy from a piñata? It’s a hypothetical problem I’m suggesting, but the point is that you have to know what exactly it is that you’re shooting down….
      Remember, there is no “civilian” balloon in China, everything is run by the CCP and military forces

    • @aubreybashon5646
      @aubreybashon5646 Рік тому

      What’s inside is what is concerning. What if we shoot it down and it releases something we don’t want??

  • @Oneness100
    @Oneness100 Рік тому

    Something that no one talks about is that China owns about 200 Million acres of farmland here in the US. They need the US for FOOD. So, why would China go to war with US on US soil? Doesn't make much sense.

  • @rathnammaraman1669
    @rathnammaraman1669 Рік тому

    It violated US airspace : pure & simple!

  • @ad8881
    @ad8881 Рік тому +66

    How in the world did it make it that far under our noses!!!!!!!

    • @rustymixer2886
      @rustymixer2886 Рік тому +21

      Montana guy with camera 🤳 is better than pentagon

    • @TheCloudpiercer
      @TheCloudpiercer Рік тому +21

      Exactly, it was a civilian looking out his office building that noticed this balloon. Guess our radars, satellites, airforce and spaceforce are a joke.

    • @cameliawilks2049
      @cameliawilks2049 Рік тому

      It should have been shot down as soon as it was over a densely populated area of Alaska.

    • @macjc5
      @macjc5 Рік тому

      WE HAVE NO BORDER! TRAITORS ARE RUNNING THE SHTSHOW!

    • @rustymixer2886
      @rustymixer2886 Рік тому +4

      @@TheCloudpiercer 👀 out airport window 🪟 during layover but yeah exactly

  • @shirleyandrews1152
    @shirleyandrews1152 Рік тому +37

    We had our pants down when Japan attacked us. They even had an ambassador visiting at the very time of the attack. DONT SECOND GUESS THE CHINESE‼️

    • @oocloudoo1549
      @oocloudoo1549 Рік тому +3

      If that’s the game they wanna play they can but the end of the Pearl Harbor story is Japan LOST! this is a classic “f around find out” I’m not saying bring it on, but they asking for it!

    • @MrDICKHEAD28
      @MrDICKHEAD28 Рік тому

      THAT'S BECAUSE RADAR WAS NEW THING WITH LIMITED RANGE DURING THOSE TIMES
      TODAY THESE BALLONS WOULD BEEN PICKED UP ON RADAR LONG BEFORE IT ARRIVED IN US SOIL
      THE QUESTION IS WHY DID THEY JUST LET IT KEEP GOING?

    • @justiniswebb9
      @justiniswebb9 Рік тому

      Japan was super bombed after Pearl Harbor, China might think it can hang in the ring, but we have surprises for them that they wish not to be revealed.

    • @AWordofHope
      @AWordofHope Рік тому +2

      Exactly!!!

    • @charlievandoren9816
      @charlievandoren9816 Рік тому

      Exactly, the Trojan horse is in play, China doesn't want to lower the temperature, they want their money back.

  • @howardtibbsthethird
    @howardtibbsthethird Рік тому

    I don’t think we need to worry about if it isn’t a threat. Can you imagine the capability in 2023 of a detection device that is 60,000 feet above the diameter of the target.

  • @fanny3942
    @fanny3942 Рік тому +1

    Omgosh!!! I really hope China is not provoking and that that ballon did not contain anything way too wrong

  • @sherrigrey8131
    @sherrigrey8131 Рік тому +68

    Never Under estimate the Enemy nor the Element of Surprize!

    • @skipper77
      @skipper77 Рік тому

      Doesn't make sense. If they have been tracking for days why didn't they shoot it when it was on desolate space of Alaska or Canada why did they wait until it got to the crowded city of Montana before scrambling jets??
      IMO this is a flag-op by the democrats, they're cooking up a plan

    • @robertgibson3655
      @robertgibson3655 Рік тому

      😞

    • @cryptohornbill9658
      @cryptohornbill9658 Рік тому

      @@robertgibson3655 you are the enemies

    • @TheFlashBRT
      @TheFlashBRT Рік тому

      @@cryptohornbill9658 Why he is?

    • @jubilancejubilance2497
      @jubilancejubilance2497 Рік тому

      Never underestimate an awakened USA 🇺🇸 either if even 10 righteous men are found awakened, repentant before The Holy ONE and so made ready to take the Victory.👌

  • @EarlyRound
    @EarlyRound Рік тому +42

    They can refuel a jet, they can snag a balloon... No need to shoot at it.

    • @brianhicks8234
      @brianhicks8234 Рік тому

      But if they shot it down couldn’t continue to release Wouhan Labs latest greatest release to test on the population. Remember China has to pay the BIG GUY.

    • @carolynserrano4079
      @carolynserrano4079 Рік тому +5

      I AGREE WITH YOU

    • @boby115
      @boby115 Рік тому +1

      @@carolynserrano4079, Exactly, bring it down to earth and go through it with a fine tooth comb. Shooting it down would be stupid.

    • @gambaridup
      @gambaridup Рік тому

      The China ballon is too slow - it can not be lasso-ed from an airplane.

    • @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings
      @HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Рік тому +2

      Mind Begs the Question:
      Chinese Spying,TikTok - not Ok
      Israeli Spying,Pegasus - Ok?

  • @dennisfranklin9345
    @dennisfranklin9345 Рік тому +1

    Donald Trump allowed more than 3 China balloons but never told the American people.

  • @herbertcrappell8309
    @herbertcrappell8309 Рік тому

    These people here !

  • @davidbarfield3489
    @davidbarfield3489 Рік тому +13

    The fact this Administration won’t shoot it down is appalling and terrifying. At least we know their in bed together.❤

    • @ColonelPaynus
      @ColonelPaynus Рік тому +1

      We know their what?

    • @justiniswebb9
      @justiniswebb9 Рік тому

      If we did shoot it down, you'd be "terrified" of how careless the Administration is for putting people at risk.
      Just sit down.

    • @davidbarfield3489
      @davidbarfield3489 Рік тому

      @@justiniswebb9 Listen dip $hit, by doing nothing speaks volumes.. doesn’t matter what political beliefs you have. Furthermore, you seem like the type of person that rides his bicycle without a seat.. so sit down on that Karen.

    • @davidbarfield3489
      @davidbarfield3489 Рік тому

      @@ColonelPaynus China and Biden Administration.. in bed together.

  • @bevo1120
    @bevo1120 Рік тому +7

    Didn't this Brenner swear the laptop was russian disinformation?

    • @quentinjohannes8396
      @quentinjohannes8396 Рік тому +3

      Along with 50 other intel officials that deserve to be in jail for lying to the people.

  • @SAVAGESUN
    @SAVAGESUN Рік тому +1

    Dude on right: "its not consistent with the thrust of what we've seen coming out of Bejing."
    China: "send more balloons."

  • @eddylorenzo5033
    @eddylorenzo5033 Рік тому

    They should have retrieved that Ballon without damage to see what it really was

  • @josephjackson5330
    @josephjackson5330 Рік тому +18

    The fabric has fine wire mesh inside which works as an antenna & hidden cameras.iv seen this over the UK .

  • @reeree4735
    @reeree4735 Рік тому +25

    The savage way Xi treats his own people should tell anyone he shouldn't be underestimated.

    • @sulittipid9945
      @sulittipid9945 Рік тому +2

      have you seen Amuricah lately?

    • @martintan4982
      @martintan4982 Рік тому +3

      You are really funny a joker 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @taitoufeiguo
      @taitoufeiguo Рік тому +1

      Good, another gurgitating sheep that's repeating what he's told. Good, good, keep it going.

  • @edwinsolorio7763
    @edwinsolorio7763 Рік тому

    SE CUIDA MUCHO USTED Y SU FAMILIA CON MUCHO RESPETO PARA USTED SU FAMILIA Y SU EQUIPO DE TRABAJO AL HIGUAL QUE TODAS LAS FAMILIAS DEL MUNDO

  • @stevenzeng5480
    @stevenzeng5480 Рік тому +1

    你们好,我是个中国人,值得一说的是:这个气球是中国的民间气象探测设施,在气球偏离时中国政府根本不知道。而且我也很高兴气球被击落而不是继续飞而造成更多恐慌。我觉得很可笑的是一个气象气球会引起美国人这么大的恐慌,中国人对外国飞行器进入中国已经不在意了,因为这样的事发生过很多次。顺便问一问:美国向别的国家散播探测器是不会告诉民众的吧?(我英文不好,所用的是机器翻译)😊
    Hello, I am a Chinese. It is worth mentioning that this balloon is a non-governmental meteorological detection facility in China. The Chinese government did not know anything when the balloon deviated. And I'm glad the balloon was shot down instead of causing more panic by continuing to fly. I think it's funny that a weather balloon should cause so much panic among Americans. The Chinese don't care about foreign aircraft coming into China because it has happened many times. By the way: the US doesn't tell its people when it sends detectors to other countries, right? (My English is not good, so I use machine translation)😊

  • @benjithebulldog5637
    @benjithebulldog5637 Рік тому +9

    Back in the Reagen days this would've been downed immediately this administration is a disgrace

  • @apextroll
    @apextroll Рік тому +64

    The proverbial trial balloon.

    • @FlyingDragonGarden
      @FlyingDragonGarden Рік тому +1

      Except it’s plural ..one near Hawaii and multiple in South America

    • @dchurchchurch7027
      @dchurchchurch7027 Рік тому

      @@FlyingDragonGarden you just lying to

    • @dchurchchurch7027
      @dchurchchurch7027 Рік тому

      @@FlyingDragonGarden you just lying to be ssuiysomeyjonh

    • @dchurchchurch7027
      @dchurchchurch7027 Рік тому

      Saying something this is how rumors start

    • @stephenmartin5766
      @stephenmartin5766 Рік тому

      @@FlyingDragonGarden no way to know but they maybe sent multiple so it was believable to be nothing serious 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @trangnguyen-yx9px
    @trangnguyen-yx9px Рік тому +1

    They admitted 😮!

  • @johnnewby2043
    @johnnewby2043 Рік тому

    CFR should act like good citizens

  • @bradbankes8137
    @bradbankes8137 Рік тому +43

    I feel so much better the people in charge are so cavalier about this. Our security is quite the joke anymore I guess.

    • @isolinaakristokrosknockles2472
      @isolinaakristokrosknockles2472 Рік тому

      Disgraceful and scandalous indeed!
      What a disgrace!! You cannot handle a Chinese balloon yet you're provoking a war with China?
      Isn't this a clear warning sign?
      Because China is just sending a warning signal 💯
      I think it is about time the west pay more attention to their domestic affairs and stop underestimating ASIA☝

    • @JasonBoyce
      @JasonBoyce Рік тому +2

      oh no! a balloon 😂😂

    • @origamimambo545
      @origamimambo545 Рік тому

      Yeah, because you think you have a real idea what the government's response is. Because you watch videos. Heh

    • @pzm958
      @pzm958 Рік тому

      @@JasonBoyce Are you joking??? A spy balloon is ALLOWED to continue to fly over our country??? It is easy...its a balloon.... put a hole in it and it comes down!!

    • @JasonBoyce
      @JasonBoyce Рік тому

      @@pzm958 It’s a weather balloon. They’re not shooting it down because they’re not worried about it. China has satellites that cross over the US 100x a day that would provide way better images than a balloon getting blown around at 60k feet. There’s nothing that balloon can see that satellites can’t.

  • @relevantelevant8203
    @relevantelevant8203 Рік тому +13

    So it’s been a while…. We can’t call China and ask WTF this is? ????

    • @enjoyitbro
      @enjoyitbro Рік тому

      Well Biden is Chinas pet so...

    • @ghostfrieza2904
      @ghostfrieza2904 Рік тому

      Oh yaaa like they'd tell us exactly what it is and the intent. The U.S gov. Is allowing it to happen anyways, its all apart of the agenda. Wake up already buddy

    • @toxicgracie3772
      @toxicgracie3772 Рік тому

      We've already contacted China about it. They claim it's a civilian use weather balloon and that they're sorry that it deviated off course and into U.S airpspace. But the weird part about that is why or how would a weather balloon stay in one small general area for 3 days? Weather balloons don't have navigation systems so I'm not exactly buying that response

  • @pauldockree9915
    @pauldockree9915 Рік тому

    Winston Churchill once said, “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else.”
    That quote has not aged well. The everything everywhere all at once. Else.

  • @robdangripp9406
    @robdangripp9406 7 місяців тому

    The Chinese were only using a simple polyphonetically grouped 20-square-digit key transposed in boustrophedonic form with multiple nulls

  • @erict3728
    @erict3728 Рік тому +38

    Oh wow, John Brennan! He's super credible!

  • @Itsme-jv4cd
    @Itsme-jv4cd Рік тому +68

    It could be waiting to fly over a heavily populated area and then release some type of biological weapon.

    • @I7435IC
      @I7435IC Рік тому +4

      That's my thoughts also,....

    • @jimmyritchie4975
      @jimmyritchie4975 Рік тому +3

      Leftover Agent Orange to start with, lol?

    • @skipper77
      @skipper77 Рік тому

      Doesn't make sense. If they have been tracking for days why didn't they shoot it when it was on desolate space of Alaska or Canada why did they wait until it got to the crowded city of Montana before scrambling jets??
      IMO this is a flag-op by the democrats, they're cooking up a plan

    • @gregestee9099
      @gregestee9099 Рік тому +1

      Thats what I was thinking. What if they launched thousands of them all at once. 🤔

    • @gregestee9099
      @gregestee9099 Рік тому

      Or perhaps mess up our missile defense systems.

  • @sentenialxmen3227
    @sentenialxmen3227 Рік тому

    The Former CIA probably worried too when 1.4 billion Chinese flush their toilet at the same time.

  • @bicelisGeopolitics
    @bicelisGeopolitics Рік тому

    If you are invested in PRC, then you surely will cool down the nerves. If you are decoupling you will cool it down as well until you cut it off.

  • @LionIron447
    @LionIron447 Рік тому +106

    How did such a Behemoth Balloon get past our defense systems 🤔

    • @Magnet12
      @Magnet12 Рік тому +16

      Because it’s all a Lie.

    • @stesan60
      @stesan60 Рік тому +4

      Same could be asked of the teenager that flew his cessna and landed it in the red square.

    • @LionIron447
      @LionIron447 Рік тому +2

      @@Magnet12 Wow..... 😒

    • @Elemental_Entity
      @Elemental_Entity Рік тому +5

      @@stesan60 He didn't fly in and over the country for days though.
      He landed from a close airport, this thing is goin thousands of miles inland.

    • @usbackcountry
      @usbackcountry Рік тому +7

      @@stesan60 And the drunkard who flew a personal airplane in to the Whitehouse back yard without being detected.