US officials say all debris from suspected Chinese spy balloon has been collected – as it happened

• Pieces collected off ocean floor after US fighter jet shot down balloon off South Carolina's coast and will now go to FBI lab for analysis
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American authorities have retrieved all the wreckage of the Chinese spy balloon a US fighter jet shot down off South Carolina's coast, the Associated Press reports, which sparked a diplomatic incident with Beijing and kicked off a unusual spate of military action against unidentified objects in North American skies.

According to the AP, Officials said the US believes that Navy, Coast Guard and FBI personnel collected all of the balloon debris off the ocean floor. US Northern Command said in a statement that the recovery operations ended Thursday and that final pieces are on their way to the FBI lab in Virginia for analysis. It said air and maritime restrictions off South Carolina have been lifted."