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Illinois hobby club fears its balloon was shot down by the USAF
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Posted on 02/16/2023 1:51:13 PM PST by navysealdad
In the days since the U.S. Air Force shot down three unidentified objects out of the sky, questions linger about just what these objects actually were. On Thursday, a report by Aviation Week offered an intriguing hypothesis about what one of those three objects could be: a "missing in action" globe-trotting balloon belonging to an Illinois-based hobbyist club. The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade’s (NIBBB) silver-coated, party-style "pico balloon" reported its last position on Feb. 10 at nearly 40,000 ft. off the west coast of Alaska.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: Illinois; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: amateurradio; balloon; balloongate; chineseballoon; hobby; illinois; isthisthebee; nibbb; picoballoon; ufoafterspyballoon; usaf
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To: navysealdad
Was it in the flight path of aircraft?
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:51:59 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
To: navysealdad
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:52:42 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: navysealdad
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:53:30 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: navysealdad
They should put a big red hammer & sickle on it. The USAF won’t shoot it down then.
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:54:15 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Paladin2
They are a few bits short of a Byte, much less than a Word.....
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:54:28 PM PST
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Paladin2
To: navysealdad
How does a hobbyist balloon from Northern Illinois get to Northern Alaska?
Wouldn’t the jet stream carry it east - not Northwest?
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:55:02 PM PST
by
PGR88
(, )
To: navysealdad
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:55:30 PM PST
by
silent_jonny
(Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
To: navysealdad
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:55:34 PM PST
by
Wayne07
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:56:58 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: PGR88
The balloon and its electronics had apparently circumnavigated da Erf a number of times [less than 10].
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:57:14 PM PST
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Paladin2
To: PGR88
How does a hobbyist balloon from Northern Illinois get to Northern Alaska?This one had already apparently circumnavigated the globe seven times.
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posted on
02/16/2023 1:58:21 PM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: PGR88
Remember officially we saw it launched ...
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posted on
02/16/2023 2:00:30 PM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
02/16/2023 2:01:23 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: navysealdad
So Biden and his military couldn’t figure out it was American and had been floating around for a long time? What was the immediate threat that suddenly required it being shot down? Politics only. Let’s the Chinese balloon do its damage but immediately shoots down an American balloon. How eff’n patriotic is that.
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02/16/2023 2:02:06 PM PST
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Reno89519
(DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
To: PGR88
The balloon in question is said to be globe trotting
My conclusion is that it made it eastward around the world to Alaska and was then shot down
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posted on
02/16/2023 2:02:47 PM PST
by
bert
( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
To: navysealdad
As trigger happy as the acolytes of the Xiden regime seem to be, if I were a republican politician from Alaska, especially a senator, I would strongly consider taking the train to WDC and back instead of flying.
Of course it would appear that a train ride may not be as safe as it once was ...
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02/16/2023 2:05:10 PM PST
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ByteMercenary
(Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
To: navysealdad
If it flies, it dies
Biden/Harris 2024
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posted on
02/16/2023 2:07:23 PM PST
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Theoria
“Slyfox, this is command control, we’ve identified a Reveal celebration with approximately 12 unidentified airborne objects. You have the go-ahead to engage & destroy all UAOs.”
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posted on
02/16/2023 2:07:44 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: PGR88
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02/16/2023 2:07:47 PM PST
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ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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