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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: abb
Looks a bit like this I saw in the news the other day image https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-council-worker-stunned-after-29118030
61 posted on 02/03/2023 5:33:23 PM PST by Right Wing Vegan (Pot legalization licenses every degenerate pothead piece of trash to force drug neighbors.)
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To: abb

They were shamed into defending us


62 posted on 02/03/2023 5:34:24 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: nutmeg
That woman reporting “seeing a jet go by” then a massive explosion in the sky,

That may well have been a sonic boom. Any A-A missile would have a 44 pound warhead which wouldn't create a "massive explosion" if detonated at 60K feet.

All that considered, whatever the payload on the balloon was may have exploded when hit by a missile.

Can't wait for more details.

63 posted on 02/03/2023 5:34:59 PM PST by pfflier
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To: gathersnomoss
Why did it take Xoe Biden so long? Because Xi told him to ignore it?

Xoe has been ... "What Balloon?"

64 posted on 02/03/2023 5:34:59 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: abb

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!


65 posted on 02/03/2023 5:36:29 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Odds are it’s compartmentalized so that if one cell pops the rest don’t. Our JLENS blimps use the same concept.

But, an A2A or G2A missile could damage multiple cells with a single missile.

Just food for thought.


66 posted on 02/03/2023 5:39:15 PM PST by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Castro’s son????


67 posted on 02/03/2023 5:39:17 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: abb

just think, it got all the way to billings montana, It wasn’t blown up at 5 miles out in the ocean.


68 posted on 02/03/2023 5:39:29 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Hieronymus

Exactly.


69 posted on 02/03/2023 5:40:37 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: McGruff

“ Watch the video.”
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The taker of this video (Dolly Moore) is now VERY popular with the media desiring to get her approval for use of her video.

Good heads-up work, Dolly.


70 posted on 02/03/2023 5:41:31 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: abb

I’m just missing the innocent, non-threatening days of Balloon Boy.


71 posted on 02/03/2023 5:41:58 PM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: AnglePark

It would not be too far fetched o think that.


72 posted on 02/03/2023 5:43:06 PM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: Lockbox

RE: ”That one we shoot down”.

Grimly humorous juxtaposition.

The wimpy excuse I first heard earlier was “we are worried about debris falling on the inhabited area below.”

I think most people would say “Just shoot it down.”
Put the pieces in Area 51 or that Wright Patterson hangar like the UFO.


73 posted on 02/03/2023 5:43:33 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: abb

Bookmark


74 posted on 02/03/2023 5:44:52 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: llevrok

Does Brandon have a cigarette holder? MacArthur had one. Still lost the convention vote to Eisenhower.


75 posted on 02/03/2023 5:45:32 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: pfflier

“ That may well have been a sonic boom”
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Watch her video. A sonic boom doesn’t create a flash.


76 posted on 02/03/2023 5:46:15 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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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!

It has a large radar cross section, so it could certainly be targeted and destroyed. Of course you then have debris from both the balloon and the missile coming down.

77 posted on 02/03/2023 5:46:21 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: abb
I accuse the Fifth Dimension!

The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away

78 posted on 02/03/2023 5:46:23 PM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: US_MilitaryRules
It’s just a big plastic/visqueen ball of helium!

Probably, but maybe not.

Could be filled with chemical weapons, or who knows what, including an EMP.

Might be best to capture it, and analyze.

79 posted on 02/03/2023 5:46:56 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: abb

I thought the spy balloon was over Kansas, by today.

Did it ‘circle back’?

🤔


80 posted on 02/03/2023 5:46:59 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 of day. )
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