October 28, 2015Defense Department balloon drifted, unmanned and untethered, over Lancaster County by Tom Knapp A Defense Department balloon — unmanned, untethered and carrying a missile detection system — drifted harmlessly across the skies of Lancaster County early Wednesday afternoon. Dragging a 5,000-foot-long chain, the blimp-like balloon broke free from its base at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and headed north. “At 12:26 p.m., we were notified that it was over Lancaster County, drifting northwards,” Randy Gockley, director of the Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency, said. “At 12:57, the military aircraft following it confirmed that it was near Reading,” he...