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US publishes photo showing Chinese balloon before it was shot down

The photo was taken from the cockpit of a US military reconnaissance aircraft. Just one day later, the US military shot down the Chinese aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the state of South Carolina.

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Washington has accused Beijing of having used the aircraft for spying on its military infrastructure. China has rejected the claim, saying the balloon was a civilian research balloon that had been blown off course "by force majeure" and had inadvertently entered US airspace.