The CantmIre Post

John Thompson had been on duty for twelve hours straight and was exhausted from the long day. He had been assigned to the F-22 Raptor stationed off the coast of South Carolina, monitoring potential threats in the area. It was a hot summer day, and John was hoping this would be an uneventful shift.

It wasn't until 2:39 p.m. that John noticed something unusual on his radar screen - a large object moving rapidly towards them at high speed. The object didn't match with any known aircraft in the area, so John quickly alerted his commanding officer of the situation.

The commanding officer immediately recognized it as a Chinese spy balloon and ordered John to take it down using a sidewinder missile from their F-22 Raptor. Without hesitation, John readied the missile and fired it at the balloon with pinpoint accuracy, destroying it instantly and sending pieces of debris raining down into the ocean below.

The U.S military later confirmed that a single sidewinder missile from an F-22 Raptor successfully downed a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina at 2:39 p.m., Saturday afternoon. John Thompson had done his job without fail, ensuring that another potential threat was taken care of before it could do any damage to American soil or interests abroad.