A YouTuber and his friend fly a 'spy balloon' over the Chinese embassy in London. The video is viral, on TikTok it has gotten 1.2 million views, while on YouTube it has reached more than 101,000 views. The YouTube video entitled 'We Flew a Spy Balloon over Chinese Airspace' was colored with various comments from netizens.
Launching Next Shark, Josh Pieters and Archie Manners completed the balloon he flew with a GoPro camera. They tied him with a rope and let him float above the roof of the Chinese Embassy in London for about 10 minutes.
"We couldn't see exactly what was going on inside, but we saw a man on the roof who was going about business that seemed very, very important," Pieters told Insider.
@josh_and_archie We flew a Spy Balloon over China #spy #fyp #spyballoonchinese #china ♬ original sound - Josh & Archie
After that, the two people received a reaction from the guard who immediately called the police. After how long, the police came and asked the purpose of the balloon they had flown over the Chinese embassy.
"They asked what we were doing, and at that point we said we were just flying balloons," Pieters said.
"Then they said 'Would you like to take the balloon down?' We said 'Of course'."
Netizens who saw the prank video immediately wrote their comments. Many were surprised by their actions because they felt too brave.
"You should write 'spy balloon' in there," wrote bli**182.
"This is the wildest thing someone has ever done on Youtube," said one netizen.
"Bro trying to start a war" said another.
A few days ago, a US fighter jet shot down a balloon suspected of being a Chinese spy tool. The Chinese insist the balloon was simply weather monitoring and strayed off course, while the US appears to believe its purpose was reconnaissance