From pigeon-mounted cameras to dragonfly drones, here's how aerial surveillance has evolved to spy on people over the past 200 years

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A man is being instructed how to use an aerial camera on a plane during World War II.
A man is being instructed how to use an aerial camera on a plane during World War II.

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Japan says it has 'legal right' to destroy any foreign balloon in its airspace

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A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
A high-altitude balloon over Billings, Montana, on February 1.

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The 3 Chinese spy balloons spotted during the Trump administration were initially classified as UFOs

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In 1963, the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Club of America released this photo taken by a member reportedly showing a flying saucer estimated at seventy feet in diameter.
In 1963, the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Club of America released this photo taken by a member reportedly showing a flying saucer estimated at seventy feet in diameter.

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The stealth F-22, the top US air superiority fighter, just got its first known air-to-air kill taking out a Chinese balloon.

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An F-22 Raptor fighter took down the balloon with one AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.
An F-22 Raptor fighter took down the surveillance balloon with one AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.

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The F-22 that took down China's surveillance balloon used the call sign 'FRANK01' in an apparent homage to a heroic pilot from WWI

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American World War I fighter ace, Frank Luke Jr (1897 - 1918), with his SPAD S.XIII biplane, France, 18th September 1918.
American World War I fighter ace, Frank Luke Jr (1897 - 1918), with his SPAD S.XIII biplane, France, 18th September 1918.

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After a week adrift, a surveillance balloon from China has been deflated. Here's what we know about the suspect device and its mission.

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A map of the United States, with arrows pointing to where the Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted.

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