c From the ground, they can appear round.
"A mysterious orb seen over Butler County in Ohio last week has been identified as one of three ‘Thunderhead’ balloon systems released in Maryland by Raven Aerostar on June 18th" linky
Posted on 02/03/2023 9:40:53 PM PST by Ultra Sonic 007
Wouldn’t be the first time US Taxpayers paid china
“Homeland security threats”.
Gee, I wonder who THAT could include? Shades of The Prisoner, to boot!
“Or maybe they ARE Bidens.”
Or, maybe they are ours and we are blaming China to give Biden some street cred which he quickly squandered away by not doing anything.
My third WR was also successful. However the TL position meter indicated a dislocation of the RA assembly
(so that comment)
Yeah I rolled my eyes too
Per news reports from last summer, the US also sends high altitude balloons over China and Russia.
From August of 2019...
Well, isn’t that timing interesting.
I won’t be worrying about talking to canada.
Hope you have beans and bullits.
I doubt you will have time to play with your radio unless you are out in the middle of nowhere with a security plan.
Interesting post; thread. Thanks.
Yikes, sorry to hear that.
NBD
Our communist masters have a plan that is almost complete...
All we can do is to relax and keep grazing blissfully...
Once we are in the camps, we will not need to worry...
The Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY23 puts $15 million toward stratospheric balloon research The bill also includes an additional $10.2 million for high-altitude balloons for SOUTHCOM as an “unfunded requirement” — or wish-list item — under its classified programs list.linky
The Covert Long-Dwell Stratospheric Architecture (COLD STAR), a project designed to locate drug traffickers, was widely reported in 2019. At the time, the Pentagon launched 25 surveillance balloons from South Dakota as part of a demonstration. The Pentagon confirmed to POLITICO that the COLD STAR program has transitioned to the services. DoD would not disclose details about the effort because it is classified.Raven Aerostar, a division of Raven Industries, produces the balloons. Raven said they consist of a flight control unit, powered by batteries that are charged using renewable solar panels. --linky
c From the ground, they can appear round.
"A mysterious orb seen over Butler County in Ohio last week has been identified as one of three ‘Thunderhead’ balloon systems released in Maryland by Raven Aerostar on June 18th" linky
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