FBI publishes images of officers handling spy balloon

• FBI released images of investigators handling the alleged Chinese spy balloon.
• And materials found at the location.
• The balloon flown over more than 40 countries across five continents.

The FBI released images of investigators handling the alleged Chinese spy balloon and materials found at the location where the US shot it down off the coast of the Atlantic.

At the FBI facility in Quantico, Virginia, the materials are currently being processed.

According to a senior State Department official, the Biden administration has concluded that the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon that crossed the country last week was using electronic surveillance equipment capable of monitoring US communications.

The balloon, which was a part of a fleet that had flown over “more than 40 countries across five continents,” “was capable of performing signals intelligence collecting operations.”

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