Re:US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
by krapp on Saturday February 11, 2023 @07:24PM
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Ok. To be fair, all of that could still describe a balloon. Per the ABC news article:
"It did not appear to have maneuverability capability, he said. "It was virtually at the whim of the wind."
Re:US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
by golem14 on Saturday February 11, 2023 @07:44PM
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Sounds like a zeppelin
Re:US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
by andrewflnr on Saturday February 11, 2023 @08:20PM
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Yeah, I know it's possible to create a blimp that size, since I've seen smaller ones as toys.
> It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.S. official said.
https://news.sky.com/story/us-shoots-down-unknown-object-fly...
> The object, shot down on the order of President Joe Biden, was flying at a high altitude of about 40,000ft and was the size of a small car, the White House said.