The Voice of Blythewood & Fairfield County

Chinese balloon drifts over SC

Photo: Jim McLean

BLYTHEWOOD – The suspected Chinese spy balloon could be seen over Blythewood on Saturday, Feb. 4 after several days of drifting across the United States. Upon traveling to the coast of South Carolina, an F-22 from Langley Air Force Base took down the balloon with an air-to-air missile.