Video shows the moment an F-22 shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean

The United States military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon on Saturday and was planning to try and collect the debris in the Atlantic Ocean. Videos posted to social media showed aircraft circling around the balloon before shooting it down. The Coast Guard had asked mariners to avoid the area of the balloon due to US military actions "That present a significant hazard" before the jets shot the balloon down on Saturday. Senior defense officials said that an F-22 jet from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia shot the balloon with a single shot, according to Fox News. One video posted by WCNC chief meteorologist, Brad Panovich, shows two jets circling widely around the balloon floating over Myrtle Beach, North Carolina, at around 1:29 p. m. local time on Saturday. A Fox News live stream of the balloon caught a more clear picture of the exact moment that the projectiles pierced the balloon. Another 45-second clip posted to Twitter shows the approach to the balloon before it's shot down.