Chinese Balloon

[PB]

This x1000

Well ........ those gender reveal mob events are damned messy/annoying, too.

[PB]

Question for the Intelligencia: since there's been a painfully obvious effort NOT to refer to the recent shot down objects as "balloons", how are they maintaining their buoyancy? Presumably, since they are referred to as having no active propulsion, they aren't massive solar powered drones (pretty sure that's not even possible any way), so how to they remain suspended? Seems the journos have been missing the obvious question in recent briefings.

[The AD]

I have a feeling they're all lighter-than-air aircraft of some sort: balloons, dirigibles, blimps.

[highangle]

...DeLoreans...

[PB]

I have a feeling they're all lighter-than-air aircraft of some sort: balloons, dirigibles, blimps.

Thought of that, but the admittedly garbled descriptions of the objects certainly don't sound like the common dirigible/blimp design, and balloons should be immediately obvious because ....... balloons.

[BmillsSkier]

Dirigible is an underutilized word.

[Ted Striker]

Magnets

[AK47bp]

Magnets

Yea right. Nobody even knows how those work

[The AD]

Thought of that, but the admittedly garbled descriptions of the objects certainly don't sound like the common dirigible/blimp design, and balloons should be immediately obvious because ....... balloons.

I suppose they could also be using some kind of solar-powered heavier than air aircraft.

[AlpiNord]

Thought of that, but the admittedly garbled descriptions of the objects certainly don't sound like the common dirigible/blimp design, and balloons should be immediately obvious because ....... balloons.

So.....this is a balloon?

[The AD]

So.....this is a balloon?

That's not a balloon, it's a space station!

[MagnificentUnicorn]

So.....this is a balloon?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A02Fc1oQeF0



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[bennymac]

'The unidentified flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday appeared to be a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it,” according to a Pentagon memo sent to lawmakers on Monday and obtained by CNN.'

[SumJongGuy]

'The unidentified flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday appeared to be a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it,” according to a Pentagon memo sent to lawmakers on Monday and obtained by CNN.'

So now we might have copy cat clowns trying to send potentially nefarious payloads in to populated areas?

[Ted Striker]

[The AD]

Honestly it would be pretty funny to send a balloon over designed to look like the Death Star.

[Cono Este]

“The PRC surveillance Ballon” according to the pentagon.

Anyone have a better idea?

Let’s give it a go.

[JimmyCarter]

'The unidentified flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday appeared to be a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it,” according to a Pentagon memo sent to lawmakers on Monday and obtained by CNN.'

[LegoSkier]

I was kinda hoping it would turn out to be the Deltoid Pumpkin Seed guys doing some guerilla product development:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEREON_26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AM8oQ2tXG4

BTW, the John McPhee book on this (like pretty much all John McPhee books) is great.

[ötzi]

BTW, the John McPhee book on this (like pretty much all John McPhee books) is great.

What's the title of that one? I've read a bunch but not that.

[LegoSkier]

What's the title of that one? I've read a bunch but not that.

https://www.amazon.com/Deltoid-Pumpk.../dp/0374516359

[ötzi]

Thanks, I had just looked through a list of his books and hadn't seen that one for some reason.

[sb]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_con...ature=emb_logo

[BmillsSkier]

That's a classic.

"This tray is wet, and this one, fuck it, all these trays are wet."

[LongShortLong]

Question for the Intelligencia: since there's been a painfully obvious effort NOT to refer to the recent shot down objects as "balloons", how are they maintaining their buoyancy? Presumably, since they are referred to as having no active propulsion, they aren't massive solar powered drones (pretty sure that's not even possible any way), so how to they remain suspended? Seems the journos have been missing the obvious question in recent briefings.

The latest (4th) one was octagon shaped at 20k feet. Without more info, that sounds like someone flying their octocopter to see how high it goes. My money's on none of these were military craft. All were research/science and we're witnessing a DC beltway freakout. Could balloons be used for military purposes - definitely and have been for centuries.

I bet this goes to 20k if you remove the snowboarder