well that would save the world from the humiliating and embarrassing spectacle of having to listen to his mouth gargle air that attempts to form coherent speech
the balloon re ascends out of reach
they pretend to shoot it down
maybe some prefab NORAD records (sounding very action packed and technical)
they have a boat in the water on site already deploying crashed balloon looking debris
and show clips of it reeling in white parachute material
mission accomplished
do to Nat Sec no further information will be available
no questions will be answered
later bidan will give a press con where he awards some Dog Faced Mil a ribbon with a dildo