FBI agents process the remains of a balloon shot down

An undated U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation handout photo taken aboard the USS Carter Hull off South Carolina shows FBI Special Agents assigned to the bureau’s Evidence Response Team ready to process material recovered from the high-altitude Chinese balloon that was shot down by a U.S. military jet off the coast of South Carolina, in this image released by the FBI in Washington, U.S. February 9, 2023. FBI/Handout via Reuters