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Officials telling us at one point it did travel over land in alaska but was headed back out to sea. the white house move also praised by alaska senator lisa murkowski, who had blasted the biden administration for not downing a suspected chinese spy balloon that flew near her state two weeks ago. >> i think the message was very important today to say any aspect of u.s. sovereign territory that is encroached upon, theres going to be consequences to it. >> reporter: and off the coast of the carolin...

The u2s tailed the balloon, photographing it up close. until it was shot down off the south carolina coast. the massive recovery effort now under way. unmanned underwater vehicles seeking out wreckage from the balloons huge technology bay, the size of three buses. those vehicles also searching for possible explosives. a senior u.s. official tells me the balloon had a self-destruct capability. as the u.s. collects debris, and with it information, china today declaring the air ship does not belong...

From an f-22 fighter jet. >> frank one, splash one. the balloon is completely destroyed. >> boom! >> reporter: back on land, cameras capturing the spectacle. the pentagon saying they have already recovered portions of the balloon, which spanned 200 feet and carried a technology bay the size of three buses. a special team trained in handling explosive heading out to the site in the event that the debris contains hazardous material. unmanned, underwater vehicles will sweep for scraps. officials in...

The u.s. navy search for the remnants of that chinese spy balloon shot down by an f-22 off the coast of south carolina. a closer look tonight before it was brought down, that technology bay below it. how did it maneuver, how did it communicate? what weve learned here tonight. and of course, the moment a missile from an f-22 jet bringing that balloon tonight. tonight, the trained navy team looking for clues in the water, the debris field, were told, is more than 15 football fields wide. theyre us...

Sites. >> ashley: jonathan fill yam joins us with the latest. so far we know the balloon has been floating above air force base higher than commercial air traffic and its the size of three buses and includes a technology bay. how did u.s. officials not catch this? >> i think thats the question out of all of this. im not worried about weather they have the ability to jam this thing and its ability to capture whatever it is looking for. but, how did it get over the united states? i mean, we can lo...

Americans with their eyes on the skies, posting images like this one, the balloon floating over missouri. commercial pilots radioing in. >> we got that balloon in sight also. looks like its way up there, maybe 50,000 feet or so. >> reporter: the balloon is huge with a technology bay attached below that is itself the size of three busses, loaded with high resolution cameras, according to a senior u.s. official, equipped with what appear to be solar panels on the side that could power its technolo...

A senior official says the balloon is the size of “three buses” and is complete with a technology bay.