Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP
- The US has taken down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.
- The balloon earlier on Saturday had been detected over South Carolina near the Atlantic Ocean.
- An operation is currently underway to recover fragments of the balloon.
The US on Saturday took down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, where fragments of the object could possibly be taken in by the government, US officials said.
The balloon, which had spent five days traversing the country at roughly 60,000 feet in the air, was detected over South Carolina as it moved toward the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday.