An Illinois-based club of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is 'missing in action' after last reporting its location over Alaska on Saturday, the same day the US military shot down an unidentified object in the same region.
An Illinois-based club of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is "missing in action" after last reporting its location over Alaska on Saturday, the same day the U.S. military shot down an unidentified object in the same region.
"Pico Balloon K9YO last reported on February 11th at 00:48 zulu near Hagemeister Island after 123 days and 18 hours of flight," theNorth American Aerospace Defence Command deferred questions to the National Security Council for identification of the objects and had no additional information, according to a spokeswoman for U.S. Northern Command and Norad.The possibility that this recreational balloon could be one of the three unidentified objects shot down by the U.S.
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