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'Explosion in the sky' above Billings Montana where Chinese balloon was spotted above U.S. airspace - resident witness jet zoom by followed by trail of smoke
The Daily Mail ^ | Februay 3, 2023 | ronny reyes

Posted on 02/03/2023 5:06:41 PM PST by abb

Residents in Billings, Montana, reported an 'explosion in the sky' after US officials warned of a Chinese spy balloon flying over the region.

Bizarre video of the aftermath shows a trail of smoke in the sky where the balloon was last spotted.

Dolly Moore, who took video of the scene, said she 'saw a jet go by so fast and then explosion in the sky. '

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: balloon; boom; chinaspyballoon; explosion; montana
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Is Trudeau like Biden?

Errrr, yes. Both One World Government socialists/communists/hypocrites.

221 posted on 02/04/2023 7:28:36 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Jesus Christ is THE Way, THE Truth & THE Life. He and He alone IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN!! No other)
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To: RetiredArmy

They should have taken it out right at the Alaska/Yukon border. 2 Governments could claim the other did it.


222 posted on 02/04/2023 8:06:32 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: abb

Is this the one/balloon that was supposedly flying over Canada earlier?


223 posted on 02/04/2023 5:29:35 PM PST by Grampa Dave ("What is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?" - Thomas Sowell !!!!)
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To: Syncro

As you can see I have been informed by interwebs experts that that won’t work and we don’t have one anyway.


224 posted on 02/04/2023 5:42:22 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: abb

Liberals claim the Chinese spy balloon was just a bunch of hot air.


225 posted on 02/04/2023 8:32:11 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TigersEye

Everything you see on the internet is true?


226 posted on 02/04/2023 11:01:21 PM PST by Syncro (Facts and Truth.)
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To: abb

Public pressure grew too strong for feckless presidents Klain and Rice


227 posted on 02/04/2023 11:16:55 PM PST by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of liars)
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To: Grampa Dave
Is this the one/balloon that was supposedly flying over Canada earlier?

Must be. When they shot it down, it blow'd up real good, though. Must have hit the center fuel tank.

228 posted on 02/05/2023 2:39:02 AM PST by abb
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To: abb

FYI: The warhead on the US Sidewinder missile did NOT detonate when it impacted the Chinese War Balloon. It could be because the target was too soft to cause the missile’s impact fuse to work, and maybe its proximity fuse could not “see” the thin floating balloon enough, that it was unable to reflect enough of a signal to “read” its proximity. But more likely? I believe the US Air Force removed the explosive warhead from the missile, so they were basically firing a supersonic dart at the balloon, so as to take no chances of damaging the technological apparatus it was carrying!


229 posted on 02/05/2023 8:02:40 AM PST by 2harddrive (FREE 3D-printable Firearm blueprints available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/)
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To: abb

It COULD have been a Dry Run: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dry-run-balloons-called-top-delivery-platform-for-nuclear-emp-attack/ar-AA174OkJ?fbclid=IwAR3ckKyxkx2eC8zURWyqujnXrqf6qX4mSq5ukqXX7sNpl43NLfTX0fBOWG8


230 posted on 02/05/2023 9:17:26 AM PST by 2harddrive (FREE 3D-printable Firearm blueprints available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/)
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To: Syncro

Yes, of course.


231 posted on 02/05/2023 5:05:07 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: TigersEye

Heh...


232 posted on 02/05/2023 11:44:48 PM PST by Syncro (Facts and Truth.)
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To: M_Continuum

Re: 219 - Great comment.

Don’t discount willful ignorance by some.


233 posted on 02/05/2023 11:53:15 PM PST by Fury
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To: Fury

Absolutely 💯


234 posted on 02/06/2023 10:31:53 AM PST by M_Continuum
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To: McGruff

How does a latex balloon, probably filled with hydrogen, and a metal lattice burn so long with a smoke trail?

That looks more like a contrail than a falling balloon.

Also, I thought it wasn’t shot down until over the Atlantic Ocean. Was this another one? Or the one that was over Canada?


235 posted on 02/06/2023 12:26:07 PM PST by hattend
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Trudeau is worse. Biden tries to hide his commie allegience.


236 posted on 02/06/2023 12:27:18 PM PST by hattend
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Does our military even know how to shoot it down? With what and how? Fire a missile at it and hope it explodes? It’s just a big plastic/visqueen ball of helium!

That metal lattice probably reflected enough radar waves to be acquired. However, I heard that a sidewinder took it down which is IR guided. Pretty sure it wouldn't "see" a target that's be cold soaked for a week.

237 posted on 02/06/2023 12:33:43 PM PST by hattend
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To: Syncro

:)

Sorry about the sarcasm. I am afflicted that way. Dad’s fault!


238 posted on 02/06/2023 5:27:30 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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