现场的一艘起重船中国监测气球坠落一名美国官员周一表示，在南卡罗来纳州附近的水域，气球的有效载荷有很大一部分从海底升起。
官员们说，有效载荷长达30英尺，拥有飞船的所有技术设备和天线。
由于恶劣的天气和汹涌的大海，搜索和恢复工作不得不在上周末停止。
美国军方于2月4日击落了飞越该国数天的监视气球。
2023年2月7日，被分配到爆炸物处理第二组的水手在大西洋的高空气球回收工作中进行潜水前检查。
美国海军
关于周五和周末被击落的其他物体，该官员表示，美国军方继续在阿拉斯加海岸上空寻找残骸。
2023年2月7日，在大西洋，一艘登陆艇气垫(LCAC)接近哈珀斯镇级船坞登陆舰USS Carter Hall的甲板，当时正在回收2月4日被击落的高空监视气球。
美国海军
该官员说，虽然击落该物体的飞行员看到碎片落在冰冷的水面上，但在恶劣的天气下，对碎片的搜索仍在继续。这位官员说，美国希望在将人员置于危险的结冰条件下之前确定准确位置。一架海军P-8搜索飞机在天空中寻找残骸。
这位官员说，关于在加拿大上空被击落的物体，该国政府正在牵头，但尚未找到碎片。
这位官员说，关于周日下午在密歇根州休伦湖上空被击落的物体，美国海岸警卫队和加拿大当局仍在寻找落在水上的碎片。
这位官员说，因为可以清楚地看到飞机可能降落的地方，所以有信心找到残骸。
Significant portion of Chinese balloon spy equipment recovered, US official says
A crane ship on the scene where aChinese surveillance balloon went downin waters off South Carolina has raised from the ocean bottom a significant portion of the balloon’s payload, a U.S. official said Monday.
Officials have said the payload measured as much as 30-feet-long and had all of craft's tech gear and antennas.
Search and recovery efforts had to be halted at the end of last week because of bad weather and rough seas.
The U.S. military shot down the surveillance balloon on Feb. 4 after it flew across the country for several days.
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.
U.S. Navy
With regard to other object shot down Friday and over the weekend, the official said the U.S. military continues to look for the remnants from the take out of the sky off the coast of Alaska.
A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) approaches the well deck of the Harpers Ferry-Class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall, Feb. 7, 2023, in the Atlantic Ocean, during recovery efforts of the high altitude surveillance balloon brought down on Feb. 4.
U.S. Navy
While the pilots who shot down that object saw pieces land on icy waters,, the official said, the search continues for the debris field amid bad weather. The U.S. wants to pinpoint the exact location before it places personnel in dangerous icy conditions, the official said. A Navy P-8 search plane was in the sky looking for debris.
Concerning the object shot down over Canada, the official said, that country's government is taking the lead but has not yet located the debris.
And about the object shot down Sunday afternoon over Lake Huron in Michigan, the official said, the U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian authorities are still looking for the debris that landed on water.
Because there was a good visual of where it may have landed, the official said, there is confidence the remnants will be recovered.
