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Did the US shoot down a $12 hobby balloon?

Many amateur 'balloonists' fly balloons capable of getting up to 40,000 feet and higher

U.S. officials say the military has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, and analysis reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon - but what of the others?

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