Chinese Balloon Satellite Over Montana

[BPTactical]

[hollohas]

Here's the clearest picture I've seen so far. My dumbass initially thought the balloon was so high someone by pure luck took a picture as a low orbit satellite passed under it. The solar array is part of it.

That's a lot of solar power for an innocent climate monitoring balloon with no navigation control...

[Great-Kazoo]

Maybe we are dawning on a new age and we need to let the sun shine in?

Not sure if the moon is in the 7th house, but oddly enough. Jupiter is almost aligned with mars.


Flow it

show it

Long as God can grow it.

[eddiememphis]

Not sure if the moon is in the 7th house, but oddly enough. Jupiter is almost aligned with mars.


Flow it

show it

Long as God can grow it.

Last night, I didn't get to sleep at all

[Great-Kazoo]

Last night, I didn't get to sleep at all

If you had 1 less bell to answer. You might get some sleep.

[Singlestack]

Suspended under a twilight canopy
We'll search the clouds for [a star] an air force base to guide us

[JohnnyDrama]

Just for general interest...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb

This isn't the first time US airspace has been violated by lighter than air craft. Prevailing weather patterns had a lot to do these balloons too.

[BushMasterBoy]

I'd rather the USAF had shot it down with a 20MM instead of a missile. The descent would have been much slower and the electronics would have been more intact. I hope it wan't powered by a radioisotope thermionic generator.
On the other hand it was heading south for Colorado. The JCS would have had to explain if any damage occurred to assets.

Some pilot got a DFC and a promotion for this. LOL

[StagLefty]

Maybe it came from The 5th Dimension!




Anyone who gets that joke is really, really old.

I resemble that remark !!!

[flogger]

There was a story online a few days ago about an errant balloon they tried to shoot down 20 years ago. A "weather balloon" launched in Canada got away and ended up heading towards the North Atlantic. Authorities were concerned about the hazards to air traffic and scrambled Canadian F-18's to shoot it down but no luck. They estimated 1000 rounds.

Also, some sources said this balloon is controllable, but they didn't elaborate.

Speaking of balloons! https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/page/5/