Newly released images from the U.S. Navy show sailors retrieving the remains of a suspected Chinese spy balloon one day after the U.S. military shot it down off the Carolina coast.

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., February 5, 2023.

U.S. Fleet Forces/U.S. Navy photo/Handout via Reuters