U.S. searching for spy balloon wreckage

The U.S. is working to recover the remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina
 
1 Balloon comes from China: China’s foreign ministry later claims it is weather balloon that drifted off course

2 Jan 28: Enters U.S. airspace near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
  
3 Jan 30: Exits U.S. territory and passes over Canada. Re-enters U.S. over Idaho
  
4 Feb 1: Seen above Montana, home to U.S. nuclear missile silos at Malmstrom Air Force Base
  
5 Feb 3: Spotted in Kansas City area as it passes over parts of Missouri and Kansas
  
6 Feb 4: U.S. F-22 fighter jet shoots down balloon over U.S. territorial waters off South Carolina
 
7 Feb 6: Beijing admits second balloon spotted over Latin America is also from China but says it is for civilian use

U.S. officials say Chinese balloons similar to one that was shot down flew over U.S. at least three times while Donald Trump was president
 

CHINA 
RUSSIA 
JAPAN
ALASKA (U.S.)
PACIFIC OCEAN
CANADA
U.S.
ATLANTIC OCEAN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Flight path of suspected Chinese spy balloon
                                                                 

Sources: AP, BBC, New York Times, NOAA/Twitter 
Picture: Newscom 
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