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US defense officials told a Senate panel that shooting the massive balloon at first sight near Alaska also risked losing salvageable debris – and valuable intelligence – in frozen or deep ...
The Chinese balloon shot down in the Atlantic was at 60,000 feet (18,000 m), while the Alaska object was at about 40,000 feet (12,000 m), [4] thus presenting a greater threat to commercial aircraft. [3] On February 11, another high-altitude object was shot down in Yukon.
Commercial fishermen off the coast of Alaska have found what officials are concerned could be another spy balloon and are bringing it to shore with them, three sources familiar with the matter ...
A balloon recovered off the coast of Alaska had been in the ocean for “well over a year,” the Pentagon said Friday.. The balloon was discovered floating in the ocean by commercial fisherman in ...
A Chinese high-altitude balloon flew over Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela. A spokesperson for the Chinese government confirmed the balloon was theirs and said that it was used for "flight tests" and was blown off-course. [20] February 9, 2023 February 10, 2023 USAF F-22. Alaska (North Slope) 2023 Alaska high-altitude object
A Loon balloon at the Christchurch launch event in June 2013. Loon LLC was an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary working on providing Internet access to rural and remote areas. The company used high-altitude balloons in the stratosphere at an altitude of 18 km (11 mi) to 25 km (16 mi) to create an aerial wireless network with up to 1 Mbit/s speeds.
Cluster ballooning was inspired by Larry Walters's experience, although his was not the first. [1]On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) made a 45-minute flight in a homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. [2]
Far-right Georgia US Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene drew a wild comparison between the Chinese surveillance balloon and United Airlines Flight 93, the hijacked plane that crashed into a field in ...