Dr. Andrew Hammond, Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, breaks down some common misconceptions about the Chinese ‘spy’ balloon that was shot down in the United States. Did the U.S. shoot down the balloon too late? Was this a dry run for a military attack? Was this the first time this has happened? Could the spy balloon see into our homes?
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Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Eric Bugash
Editor: Anna O’Donohue
Expert: Andrew Hammond
Producer: Anna O’Donohue
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Mike Audick
Audio: Elijah Sutton
Production Assistant: Will Hoffinger
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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Mike H
March 10, 2023 at 1:06 pm
It was spying on me! My proof? It shut down my microwave oven while I was heating up my mayonnaise.
LiveLifeTasteDeath
March 10, 2023 at 1:08 pm
Did Kamala write this non insightful word salad, debunking nothing and offering no real information pertaining to the balloon.
Link 9671
March 10, 2023 at 1:33 pm
True
Gio6
March 10, 2023 at 1:12 pm
Yes let’s be afraid of balloons ! Omg people are so silly 😂
kngrfdegj
March 10, 2023 at 3:25 pm
look at the bigger picture
Taylor Montano
March 10, 2023 at 1:13 pm
Mann I’m getting Oaken vibes 🤣 I wanna watch Frozen now😭
Terry Situ
March 10, 2023 at 1:31 pm
Ohio, Ohio, Ohio!!!
Agostoic
March 10, 2023 at 1:33 pm
OK Spy
Johnny Xtreme
March 10, 2023 at 1:38 pm
How much money did we spend to shoot this down. Don’t we own a net?
kngrfdegj
March 10, 2023 at 3:28 pm
it was over 90 feet wide.
Alex
March 10, 2023 at 1:42 pm
Outside of EMP, the US cannot be invaded just given the geography and satellite coverage. Can’t hide something like that
Cpl Son
March 10, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Its a balloon… how would the chinese control it going over specific sites?
FrotLopOfficial
March 10, 2023 at 2:08 pm
It was floating extremely high up (5x consumer airlines) so satelite internet is readily available
scarlet starlet
March 10, 2023 at 4:09 pm
@FrotLopOfficial that does not answer the question
FrotLopOfficial
March 10, 2023 at 4:14 pm
@scarlet starlet You can control a drone over satelite internet. This is basically a long range drone.
bgezal
March 10, 2023 at 6:15 pm
The only way to steer a balloon is to make it go up or down, into a layer of wind that is moving in the direction you want. It is not always guaranteed that there exists winds to where you need to go.
John Watson
March 10, 2023 at 1:56 pm
This dumbass apparently doesn’t realize the balloon is a perfect discreet delivery vehicle for biological & chemical warfare.
Mus
March 10, 2023 at 1:58 pm
If the USA does the same…. it’s acceptable. Some other country does it. USA and the world loses it’s sh*t
Notyesbetothefallssorcerer !whyme3
March 10, 2023 at 2:19 pm
That’s what I’m telling everyone it’s not a spy balloon. As it’s a disgrace to spy craft everywhere as no flying spyware should be detectable by commerical air traffic radar. It might be for a second by military radar, but for the rest of the time it’s not detectable, at least for 12 hours.
Shaking Hands Art with Fralins and Friends
March 10, 2023 at 2:32 pm
Okay, I hear what he’s saying, but our military isn’t that dumb. Our news outlets, yes. However, balloons were used for recon during the Civil War here in the US. and during WWI by the Germans with their Zeppelins and even bombings before the Biplanes learned how to outfit their planes for weapons and bombings. I’ve been reading up for research on a book I’m writing. If I hadn’t, this guy would probably make a lot of sense. 😃😃👋👋💖💖
Marzer Fυckerberg
March 10, 2023 at 2:51 pm
It’s more than one month since they started the investigation, so what are the results? Instead of listening to some random guy ‘debunking’ theories, I’d really like to know some facts. Nice accent though.
Conrad Szymczak
March 10, 2023 at 3:04 pm
crap
Lomogrammaton
March 10, 2023 at 3:04 pm
In the words of Turkish, “Did you understand a single word that he just said?”
Lee Johnson
March 10, 2023 at 3:22 pm
My theory and again I state theory with no to little evidence is that it was filled with a covid strain, and they fully expected it to get shot down in America and they where shocked that it made it so far (hints them not making a issue with us shooting it but more of one about shooting it outside the USA over water)
bruceleeyourface
March 10, 2023 at 3:42 pm
lol garbage content 😂
Tragarful Law
March 10, 2023 at 3:45 pm
I don’t like that Intel agencies doing too much waiting and watching that’s how 911 happened.
Female Girl
March 10, 2023 at 4:20 pm
You’re in for a treat then.
SoSo Sp
March 10, 2023 at 3:53 pm
Just the old trick that make Americans are panic like they did when USA invade Iraq.
Blacklisted
March 10, 2023 at 4:12 pm
This guy didn’t really give any answers, he said it wasn’t a ufo which we all knew but he didn’t flat out say they didn’t use this for a future misle path, or that they used it for a bad intention or that it’s nothing to worry about, horrible explanation
freesk8
March 10, 2023 at 5:09 pm
I don’t trust anyone. I wonder if this “spy historian” guy is CIA?
JammastaJ23
March 10, 2023 at 5:19 pm
Why would you ever use balloons for surveillance instead of satellites?
FuckedUpGenius
March 10, 2023 at 6:00 pm
To test radar detection, for example.
NOK KKAY
March 10, 2023 at 10:47 pm
with satellites u can take pictures of people like ants with a balloon that big u can probably take a HD picture of a fruit fly in our living room
Jeshkam
March 11, 2023 at 11:13 am
*blloons
joels5150
March 12, 2023 at 3:55 am
A balloon, such as the spy one, is capable of independent movement. It can change direction and course. Satellites are fixed in their orbits, and the effort/resources needed to put a satellite into orbit are considerable and obvious. There aren’t ‘secret’ satellites. All the governments capable of launching them and tracking are aware when a new one goes up.
Otte Otte
March 10, 2023 at 5:41 pm
Nice to put a face to the best accent on SpyCast!
Jarrod Yuki
March 10, 2023 at 8:20 pm
japan will retake the kurils sakhalin and vladivostok south korea will take nroth koea.
Aresnir
March 10, 2023 at 9:02 pm
For what?
lartts
March 10, 2023 at 10:23 pm
Y’all in the comments acting like the US doesn’t spy on China too, God the hypocrisy…
loveforeignaccents
March 10, 2023 at 11:22 pm
That accent… I’m melting 😍😍.
The Observer
March 10, 2023 at 11:25 pm
What about Google earth?
The Observer
March 10, 2023 at 11:30 pm
So it is not a spy balloon? Cuz nothing spyish was found.
Jeshkam
March 11, 2023 at 11:14 am
*blloon
Suwandi Karta Wijaya
March 11, 2023 at 12:06 am
Unsub for useless explanation, bye wired.
gockfock10
March 11, 2023 at 12:14 am
So many Americans being bought with CCP money.
Easiest to be compromised are the Americans.
Siu Long Li
March 11, 2023 at 12:28 am
Frankly I’m disappointed that you tried to mask a political video as a technical video.
mvhess
March 12, 2023 at 12:07 am
How was this even remotely political? Right wing conspiracy nut found
Stuart Fraser
March 14, 2023 at 3:11 pm
He is an expert in this field, not a politician or political commentator… Just because it contradicts certain people’s views doesn’t make it a political oriented video.
Brian Herlth
March 11, 2023 at 3:18 am
Not today CIA , Nice try FBI
A S
March 11, 2023 at 7:05 am
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Invox
March 11, 2023 at 10:06 am
I think its more confirming that it was chinese and was in fact spying… 🤔
Hon Kiu Chan
March 11, 2023 at 1:06 pm
In 1998 a rogue Canadian weather balloon that was over ’25 storeys’ tall also fitted with solar panels flew over Russia when it got caught up in the jet stream. It was a high altitude balloon designed to monitor the ozone layer. Claiming the size of a balloon can’t be a weather balloon because of it’s size is just ignorance.
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Hector Landes
March 11, 2023 at 2:50 pm
You should not assume it’s a spy balloon just because China is more technologically advanced in weather monitoring and you don’t understand their technology. It’s like saying I have a combustible-based car and yours is electric, I don’t know electric cars so I believe it’s a tank…
Hector Landes
March 11, 2023 at 2:58 pm
Another funny thing is that the US government said they have been monitoring the ballon since it took off in Hainai. So basically they have been spying on Hainan and after they complain that others are spying on them while acting like angels. Make no sense lol.
Tad Ka
March 11, 2023 at 2:51 pm
it’s been a months since they recovered the debris, how come they are not showing us the hard evidence? they always use any excuse to scream that china is evil yet they are completely silent.
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UFO CHANNEL
March 11, 2023 at 3:52 pm
right we all know the first one was a spy balloon it was seen on tv and online. but what was the next 2 they shot down? one was said to look like a hexagon shape? what’s that about and it was about the size of a car? so i want to show you what i caught on film since June 2022 this is only a few nights i have over 100 now of the same types!
smyger
March 11, 2023 at 4:26 pm
Still incredible how China responded to this incident. When will our leaders learn that China is too immature to be taken serious on the world stage. They need to be called out in their lies and deceit.
VanillaCakez
March 11, 2023 at 9:05 pm
I don’t trust this fuckin shill
Bruce Ludlow
March 11, 2023 at 11:11 pm
these weren’t real myths, jesus christ the click bait
JLCY
March 12, 2023 at 6:56 am
What an accent! Horrible. Fit for the non-contents.
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Gusty
March 12, 2023 at 10:46 am
Remember to visit your parents regularly to maintain a reasonable social credit
Paul M
March 12, 2023 at 12:25 pm
I don’t quite understand the part about “can it see inside your windows?” Wouldn’t the imaging device (or the balloon itself) need to be level with the window in order to see in it?
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James T.
March 12, 2023 at 2:03 pm
“B L O O N S”
Benji Sun *Moxie*
March 13, 2023 at 7:11 am
“mental gymnastics” lol.
机身 李
March 13, 2023 at 9:49 am
我们只希望世界和平
Branko Stanojević
March 13, 2023 at 11:46 pm
NENA predicted this 40 years ago
Super Nova
March 14, 2023 at 10:34 am
HE IS A COMMUNIST !!! ITS A SPY BALLOON !!! HE IS TRYING TO BRAIN WASH YOU !!! LOL
DadasaurusRex
March 14, 2023 at 11:13 pm
A balloon could carry CBRN methods as well, it doesn’t have to be a bomb.
Dave Hart
March 15, 2023 at 5:51 am
Um, there’s the American thing where they can drop missiles out of a cargo plane, sooo, this is their response? You don’t need the plane, you have the balloon that could lazer guide the bombs… if its drifting that high up no one could detect it? it’s like a slow moving cheaper b52, dunno the cost of the rig, but, rough estimate ar the higher end, cost for cost, 1 b52 would be a billion, balloon 20 million, so 1 b52 = 50 balloons?
Comrade MLGJoe
March 16, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Surprised the media did something like this.
Comrade ProletaryongMLGJoe
March 16, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Surprised the media did something like this.
Mukhor Roy
March 17, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Why You need a dumb Balloon If You have Satellite 🙄
Cheryl Carter
March 19, 2023 at 12:30 pm
Chinese could choose many different ways to spy or attack. They own most of the phones or make most of the parts we need for our machinery.