Balloons or plastic? Plastic from shot down balloons cause more damage

Lily Pruitt Asst. News Editor

On Feb. 4, a 200-foottall balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina by a U.S. F-22 fighter jet. This Chinese balloon flew across the country, starting in Alaska, followed by several other unidentified objects. The balloon is believed to have been tracking U.S. airspace and U.S. territory. The tween the two countries.

“I think it will definitely impact the relationship between these two countries because a was shot down on the coast of South Carolina has been recovered and is now at FBI headquarters being investigated. can shoot it down over land, but just like water, you are going to have environmental issues on the land side, whether it they were UFOs, which the White House had to comment on and deny.

It has left many GC students confused about and a sense of security, it was right for them to shoot the balloon down.”

Many environmentalists are concerned about what the debris of the balloon could do to the ocean’s ecosystem.

“With this particular event, the main thing is we really do not know what it is until we get it collected and do analysis, so we really do not know what it is made of and