Tag: Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB)

Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon With $400,000 Missile

The Pentagon is stonewalling inquiries as to whether one of the unidentified objects it shot down off the coast of Alaska was a $12 dollar hobby balloon.
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Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF

A small, globe-trotting balloon “missing in action” by an Illinois-based hobbyist club on Feb. 15 explains one of 3 objects shot down by U.S. Air Force fighters.

Chart of the Day: Just How Many Balloons Are Out There Anyway?

Weather balloons are a type of high-altitude balloon specifically used for transporting scientific payloads into our upper atmosphere. They...