“UFO” shot down by Air Force could be hobby club’s missing research balloon – IOTW Report

“UFO” shot down by Air Force could be hobby club’s missing research balloon

WASHINGTON (TND) — One of the three unidentified flying objects shot down by the United States Air Force (USAF) last week may have been a research project belonging to an Illinois hobbyist club, according to a report.

While the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) is “is not pointing fingers yet,” according to a report from AviationWeek.com, it seems that “circumstantial evidence” provides a possible explanation for what one of the three mystery objects shot down by the USAF was.

The club’s silver-coated “pico balloon” had been in the air for 123 days, having just marked its sixth circumnavigation around the world, when it was declared missing on Feb. 14, according to a blog post from the hobby club.

Last known coordinates place the pico balloon near Alaska’s uninhabited Hagemeister Island. This possibly aligns with one of the unidentified flying objects shown down by the USAF over Canada’s Yukon on Feb. 11.

The NIBBB cites an NOAA Hysplit Trajectory map that places the club’s balloon over the Yukon on the same date an F-22 shot down an object. MORE. h/t Brad.

4 Comments on “UFO” shot down by Air Force could be hobby club’s missing research balloon

  1. Perhaps I’m missing something, but isn’t boasting about shooting down a stinking balloon with an air to air missile kinda’ like beating your chest and expecting to be basking in glory after having given your grandmother an ass whoopin’?

    There is just something that seems kind of undignified, something a former Corn Pop slayer might not want to advertise.

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