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Mysterious Flying Object Identified
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| May 19, 2009
Posted on 05/19/2009 11:49:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono
PHOENIX -- A mysterious UFO-like sighting that created a stir in Arizona and New Mexico has been identified.
NASA officials say the flying orb spotted Monday was a giant research balloon, not an alien spacecraft.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says people were calling him about the object all afternoon.
Bill Stepp of NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, says the flying object was a 4,000-pound NASA research balloon used to measure gamma ray emissions.
The balloon usually floats at 130,000 feet and can be seen for about 170 miles on a clear day.
One witness said the object looked like the gigantic bubble from the Wizard of Oz.
Some said the object appeared to be motionless in the sky.
TOPICS: UFO's; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: palestine; ufo; weatherballoons
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To: madamemayhem
The small ones can take your breath away
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posted on
05/19/2009 12:42:31 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DBrow
They're after our children
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posted on
05/19/2009 12:44:54 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Glinda descends on Phoenix!
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posted on
05/19/2009 12:49:04 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obamanation: an imploding administration headed by a clueless schmuck, with McCain as his Kowakian)
To: COBOL2Java
Alien Abduction
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posted on
05/19/2009 12:53:29 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Alex Murphy
To: mysterio
What idiot in this day and age wouldn’t have correctly identified this object as a weather/research balloon? Oh yeah, I forgot. Many people are recent victims of our public school system.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:06:29 PM PDT
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: An.American.Expatriate
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:06:48 PM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Partial-birth abortions are state sanctioned torture/murder.)
To: Sudetenland
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:09:18 PM PDT
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Sudetenland
(Partial-birth abortions are state sanctioned torture/murder.)
To: Sudetenland
Can someone please photoshop a dancing Gort.
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:13:42 PM PDT
by
ZeitgeistSurfer
(Caution, Obama Zombies Ahead!)
To: ZeitgeistSurfer
To: ZeitgeistSurfer
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posted on
05/19/2009 1:19:37 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
To: traderrob6
Are you sure? It looks like a bubble of swamp gas to me.
To: JoeProBono
Could it have been this?
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:04:13 PM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Sudetenland
Klaatu. Barada. Nicto. Ga Ga
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: a fool in paradise
Gort is insulted. Gort has much more rhythm.
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posted on
05/19/2009 2:29:53 PM PDT
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ZeitgeistSurfer
(Caution, Obama Zombies Ahead!)
To: pfflier
Could they say it is a balloon because it is a balloon? Don't be silly.
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05/19/2009 8:29:49 PM PDT
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An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: JoeProBono
Damn, that girl ain’t gone through puberty, yet.
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05/20/2009 4:58:00 AM PDT
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fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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