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To: 50mm; Lazamataz; humblegunner; Salamander; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; Vendome; Darksheare

Three hour flight time is easily accounted for.

It's actually a refurbished Japanese WWII era Balloon Bomb -

158 posted on 03/11/2016 6:51:10 PM PST by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)

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To: shibumi

On my phone, it looks a snow globe...

161 posted on 03/11/2016 6:54:25 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)

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I just watched a documentary about Japanese weapons including those balloons. Six US casualties from a single bomb. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130527-map-video-balloon-bomb-wwii-japanese-air-current-jet-stream/

162 posted on 03/11/2016 6:55:37 PM PST by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)

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To: shibumi

LOL!

195 posted on 03/12/2016 7:18:56 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

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