That’s it. Pack your bags. We call it: Chinese spy balloon A selfie taken by a US Air Force pilot may be the best selfie ever taken. You may have seen this image by now, as it inspired a heated debate on social media with people asking questions about authenticity of the photo. Usually these satisfying and zeitgeist images are staged or quickly dismissed as hoaxes, but the Pentagon has now confirmed that the photo is indeed real, as politics report.
The alleged spy bubble selfie taken on February 3 from within the canopy of a US Air Force Lockheed U-2 report with 94th Air Winga unit stationed at Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia.
The photo was taken by a Lockheed U-2 it’s ironic that the Dragon Lady is acting as a reconnaissance plane gathering intelligence about the variety of weather. According to the Department of Defense, the photo was taken at an altitude of 60,000 feet somewhere in the central continental United States. Here’s all the glory in high resolution:
Just a day later, more than 2,000 meters near sea level, a US Air Force F-22 Raptor shot down the Chinese hot air balloon with a sidewinder missile, and the supposedly debris from a spy balloon scattered on the coast of South Carolina; The Navy will then recover the wreckage and send a report to the US senators.
That report has yet to be released to the public, although the FBI will oversee its dissemination to the media. Pieces of information are still finding their way out, including this selfie. We can clearly recognize some features of the balloon in the photo, including the array of solar panels and the spacecraft’s antenna.
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I could almost hear the image, the roar of the Lockheed U-2 cutting through the quiet. The plane’s camera caught the so-called weather ball in the reticle of its eye and the shutter blinked. According to the Ministry of National Defense, the Chinese balloon looked rather suspicious in the selfie, saying that the images taken by the U-2 showed the balloon was “capable of conducting intelligence-gathering activities”. “. politics.
Whether the US can finally build a solid case and prove the Chinese ship is a spy balloon remains to be seen. But drone selfies and “spy balloons” are fast becoming “legends.” For the longest time, my favorite selfie is easily Felix Baumgartner right before he plunges to Earth from the edge of space, but this “spy selfie” is helping him make money.
