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Chinese balloon: Montana man describes 'surreal' experience capturing spectacle on camera
Fox7 ^
Posted on 02/06/2023 2:36:25 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
(Don't let the truth slip down the memory hole.)
BILLINGS, Mont. - A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday — and one Montana resident captured the sight on camera.
Chase Doak, a resident in Billings, spotted the balloon up in the sky Wednesday afternoon, on the same day a suspected spy balloon passed over the area, according to the Pentagon.
The footage, taken on his cell phone, shows the balloon up in the sky, as Doak shares the object appears to be stationary for at least 35 minutes.
Doak told LiveNOW from FOX that he didn’t have "any idea" what the object initially was when he first caught a glimpse of it.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox7austin.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: balloon; biden; china; letsgobrandon; memoryhole
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To: dfwgator
I’ll never be over Macho Grande.
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posted on
02/06/2023 4:02:29 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/06/2023 4:04:56 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: csvset
We are not protected from all incoming.
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posted on
02/06/2023 4:06:26 PM PST
by
aspasia
To: Gene Eric
“Either the CIC/Pfentigon is totally compromised or the Commie Canadians gave it clear passage.”
What ever happened to NORAD?
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posted on
02/06/2023 4:17:26 PM PST
by
garjog
(Our opinions are what we will be known for. Our love is what we will be remembered for. )
To: The_Media_never_lie
To: The_Media_never_lie
If not a propulsion system, a way to steer it?
To: dfwgator
I’ll never get over Macho Grande.
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posted on
02/06/2023 4:30:40 PM PST
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: Paladin2
They better arrest those fans...
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posted on
02/06/2023 4:56:13 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: The_Media_never_lie
USAF repeatedly describes a prop or props, and a rudder (although it might be differential thrust to the props acting as a “rudder”.
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posted on
02/06/2023 4:59:35 PM PST
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: SuperLuminal
"Joe will describe how he piloted the fighter plane that shot the balloon down..."
Secret photo.
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posted on
02/06/2023 5:10:41 PM PST
by
TLI
(ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
That guy is a ChiCom spyer?
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posted on
02/06/2023 5:18:46 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: TLI
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posted on
02/06/2023 5:24:26 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
To: TLI; SuperLuminal
Did his fighter pilot days come before or after his 18-wheeler trucking days? It's hard to keep his resume straight!
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posted on
02/06/2023 6:12:27 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: TribalPrincess2U
You are describing an example of high treason.
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posted on
02/06/2023 6:19:46 PM PST
by
353FMG
(Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
To: Ge0ffrey
A senior defense official said the U.S. had prepared fighter jets, including F-22s, to shoot the balloon down if ordered. The Pentagon ultimately recommended against that, noting that even as the balloon was over a sparsely populated area of Montana, its size could create a debris field large enough to put people at risk. In other words, the check the Slants wrote us for the toll hadn't cleared the bank yet.
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posted on
02/06/2023 6:21:02 PM PST
by
V1Rotate
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
02/06/2023 7:26:39 PM PST
by
TLI
(ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: TLI
LOL! How in the world did you remember that???
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posted on
02/06/2023 7:44:11 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: Ge0ffrey
The Chinese might use this incident to shoot down American aircraft violating their airspace, including Twain. They are talking about that over there. I hope Nancy makes another trip soon!
To: dfwgator; Joe 6-pack
“Over Macho Grande”
Yes, while doing the Kobayashi Maru run.
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posted on
02/07/2023 5:00:51 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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