A Chinese Spy Balloon?

[GTX]

A hobby club in Illinois is missing a balloon. Was it shot down over Yukon? | CBC News

Last Saturday, the North American Aerospace Defence Command shot down an object over Yukon — one of four mysterious objects that were downed over the U.S. and Canada this month.

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"Last Saturday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) shot down an object over Yukon — one of four mysterious objects which have been shot down over North America this month.

That same day, Feb. 11, a small hobby club — the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) — received its last transmission from one of its pico balloons on its seventh circumnavigation around the world. The balloon was near Hagemeister Island, off the southwest corner of Alaska."

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Hobby group declares balloon 'missing in action' after US downs objects

A US hobby group says it lost track of its pico balloon over south-east Alaska on February 11, sparking speculation it could be one of the three benign balloons downed by authorities.

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[GrauGeist]

"The descriptions of all three unidentified objects shot down Feb. 10-12 match the shapes, altitudes and payloads of the small pico balloons..."

Except one was reported to be an Octahedron in shape. That's not a "Pico" balloon.

 

[SaparotRob]

It's a space station!

 

[Admiral Beez]

Don't worry about the kid on the bike, shoot down that big pale blue balloon behind him.

That's no balloon….

 

[DBII]

Tonight's episode, Drew tries to make it rich by floating the company's parade balloon so the Space Force will shoot it down.

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mMh5rXGP2Tw&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

 

[WARSPITER]

Maybe David Niven's autobiography was a prophetic tome in disguise - Titled "The Moon's a Balloon".

 

[horseUSA]

The weather ballon


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[GrauGeist]

Wow...those shots were taken from the U-2!

 

[ww2restorer]

Where was the U-2, over China?

 

[GrauGeist]

Where was the U-2, over China?

They were shadowing the Balloon while it was over North America along with RC-135s.

 

[ThomasP]

I like the U2 side profile shadow on the surface of balloon.

 

[horseUSA]

Wow...those shots were taken from the U-2!

Like the pilot took a selfie. I imagine they have even higher resolution shots of it. Neat that we flew the U-2 at flight level.