The remnants of the object landed in 47ft (14m) of water - shallower than officials expected - and is spread over seven miles (11km).
Explaining the decision to shoot the balloon down, a US defence official said in a statement, that "while we took all necessary steps to protect against the PRC [China] surveillance balloon's collection of sensitive information, the surveillance balloon's overflight of US territory was of intelligence value to us". บาคาร่า350