Another Chinese spy balloon reportedly crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii four months ago.
U.S. officials reportedly confirmed that a Chinese spy balloon crashed near Hawaii four months ago, Fox News reported on Sunday. The information comes one day after President Joe Biden ordered a Chinese spy balloon to be shot down off the coast of South Carolina, after it traveled across the U.S. for several days.
US SHOOTS DOWN CHINESE SPY BALLOON
EXCLUSIVE: A Chinese spy balloon crashed into the Pacific off the coast of Hawaii four months ago, U.S. officials say.
Fox News has also learned at least one Chinese spy balloon flew over portions of Texas and Florida during the Trump administration.
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) February 5, 2023
The report comes after Pentagon officials said that similar balloon activity occurred once more both the Biden administration and at least three times under the Trump administration. The crashing of the balloon near Hawaii and the other balloons that entered the U.S. under the Trump administration were never shared with the public.
The Pentagon declined to comment to the Washington Examiner on the report. However, Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the Associated Press that several balloons have been spotted near military bases in Hawaii, but did not specify when.
WATCH: @LucasFoxNews leads off the show with a report from The White House after President Biden ordered the U.S. military to shoot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that had been traveling across the country for the last week. Tune in! #FoxNewsSunday pic.twitter.com/E4EZxSg5o5
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), falsely claimed that Trump would have “never allowed” a Chinese spy balloon to cross into the U.S. on Saturday.
Some GOP officials acknowledged that balloons crossed into U.S. territory while Trump held the White House, but believe it never would have crossed so far into the mainland as the most recent one did after floating over the Alaskan Aleutian Islands and eventually into Montana before being shot down in South Carolina.
