American Technology Found in Chinese Spy Balloon Debris The Chinese spy balloon captured images and video surveillance using American technology, U.S. officials reported on Thursday. The balloon, which was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this year, likely didn’t transmit the information back to the Chinese government based on a preliminary investigation, although the investigation is still ongoing. In February, the Chinese government denied the balloon was intended for surveillance, claiming instead that it was a weather balloon that had blown off course. But when the U.S. military retrieved the debris, it found technology suited to capture...