[Lockbox]

“We will not shoot down that ballon”

Want about the second ballon?

”That one we shoot down”.

[frank ballenger]

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.