After Leak, Pentagon Releases U-2 Pilot Selfie Photo With China Spy Balloon

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By Kristinn Taylor Feb. 22, 2023 4:05 pm291 Comments

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The Pentagon released a ‘selfie’ photo by a U-2 pilot with the China spy balloon taken earlier this month. The release comes a day after the photo was published by a blog dedicated to the U-2 spy plane.

A silhouette of the U-2 can be seen on the balloon.

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An enlarged, cropped version better shows the payload of the balloon and the U-2’s shadow.

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CNN, which first reported the existence of the photo, said it has obtained “legendary status” within the Pentagon.

Once it was over US territory, officials have argued that the benefits of gathering additional intelligence on the balloon as it passed over far outweighed the risk of shooting it down over land.

The US sent up U-2 spy planes to track the balloon’s progress, according to US officials.

One pilot took a selfie in the cockpit that shows both the pilot and the surveillance balloon itself, these officials said – an image that has already gained legendary status in both NORAD and the Pentagon.

(TGP report on the selfie.)

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Following the recommendation of his woke Pentagon brass, Joe Biden waited until the China spy balloon had traversed the United States from Alaska to South Carolina, flying over key U.S. nuclear missile and other military bases before ordering it shot down over the Atlantic coast on February 4.

The website DragonLadyToday.com published the selfie photo on Tuesday