PM: Following the shooting down of three unidentified flying objects in North American airspace between February 10 and 12, a hobbyist club’s “missing in action” pico balloon may be to blame for one instance.
On February 4, a Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina. Another “high altitude object” was shot down off the coast of Alaska on February 10, with another being shot down over the Yukon in Canada on February 11, and yet another being shot down on February 12 over Lake Huron.
On February 14, the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) declared one of their pico balloons “missing in action,” according to a blog post.
Pico Balloon K9YO, the group said, was last located near Alaska’s Hagemeister Island on February 11 at 12:48 am UTC. The balloon had been in flight for 123 days and 18 hours, marking its sixth circumnavigation around the globe on January 31. MORE
There’s a picture going around on the internet of a sign in a parking lot that says “Balloon rides canceled until further notice.”
2 missiles at $400,000 a shot.
And y’all thought I was kidding about the Raspberry Pi computer… 🙂
Yeah, this would make Biden look silly so I go towards it being true. Everything about him is wacked.
There’s no place for assault balloons in our skies.
The government uses a $400,000 rocket to pop a birthday balloon whereas a kid simply uses a stick pin! Which one is smarter (trick question)?
With Justine Turdette’s Authority as per Justine.
“And y’all thought I was kidding about the Raspberry Pi computer…”
Those things are awesome…so many uses and about the size of a deck of cards. Have three of them – one as a desktop out in the shop, one as a home theater pc and one for retro arcade gaming.
Somebody can make a fortune selling balloons with this printed on them:
Bidenalloon!
Please Joe, Don’t Shoot Me!
Any other ideas?
Most incompetent administration ever.
What’s next, bounce houses?
@Jethro
Just make it easy on the Air Force. Print a target on it. Joe Biden’s head being
the bullseye, of course.
German submarines in WWII used to confuse American surface search radar by releasing weighted balloons with foil on them, that looked just like a disappering and reappearing return like a conning tower would make to the systems of the time. A skipper may lead a whole task group for days and then just see a silly Nazi balloon floating in a big sea of empty.
…apparently, you don’t even need the foil any more.
Or any intent.
They confuse THEMSELVES quite nicely without any help…
“You get the government you deserve.”
Well this one cheated so…
Isn’t time for a reporter with some balls to ask that Jackass “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? Cuz it’s obvious as hell you don’t have a fukin clue!!!”
That’s a sidewinder well spent. Maybe start billing Joe for the hysterical targeting.
I’m guessing a pico balloon is even smaller than a micro balloon.