Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023.

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023. (MCS1 Ryan Seelbach/Navy)

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023.

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023. (MCS1 Ryan Seelbach/Navy)

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023.

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023. (MCS3 Eric Moser/Navy)

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023.

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023. (MCS1 Ryan Seelbach/Navy)

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023.

Sailors operate landing craft air cushions during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2023. (MCS3 Eric Moser/Navy)

Sailors conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.

Sailors conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. (MCS1 Ryan Seelbach/Navy)

Sailors prepare an underwater vehicle to search for debris during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.

Sailors prepare an underwater vehicle to search for debris during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. (MCS1 Ryan Seelbach/Navy)

Sailors prepare to conduct a search for debris during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.

Sailors prepare to conduct a search for debris during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. (MCS1 Ryan Seelbach/Navy)

A sailor conducts a search for debris with an underwater vehicle during recovery efforts of a high altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023.

A sailor conducts a search for debris with an underwater vehicle during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. (MCS1 Ryan Seelbach/Navy)

A landing craft air cushion approaches the well deck of the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall on Feb. 7, 2023

A landing craft air cushion approaches the well deck of the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall on Feb. 7, 2023, during efforts to recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down Feb. 4 over the Atlantic Ocean. (Lt. j.g. Jerry Ireland/Navy)

Sailors recover a high altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, while the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall transits nearby, Feb. 5, 2023.

Sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, while the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall transits nearby, Feb. 5, 2023. (MCS1 Tyler Thompson/Navy)

Sailors recover a high altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023.

Sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023. (MCS1 Tyler Thompson/Navy)

A Coast Guard helicopter flies over a debris field during recovery efforts of a high-altitude surveillance balloon Feb. 4, 2023.

A Coast Guard helicopter flies over a debris field during recovery efforts of a high-altitude surveillance balloon Feb. 4, 2023. (Lt. j.g. Jerry Ireland/Navy)