Herro, Barroon, this is base, do not fry row over Missouri. Too many redenecka hirrbirrys there.

(Karens, I pre-apologize for my inconsiderate textual representation of English as a second language. I will report for my requisite flogging first thing in the morning.)

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do not fry row over Missouri.

Last one didn’t have a problem flying over Missouri. It flew right over my house. Flew right over my house long time.

Is it just me, or is this becoming an annual Chinese New Year event to let ballons go astray over the Pacific?

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Flew right over my house long time.

What's the Jason Aldean song say?

"Attempt thus in a rural locale"

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The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, U.S. officials and the military said Friday.

"Poses not threat", huh? How in the actual fuck do they know that?

Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle! Can we PLEASE get some people in charge who give a fuck about national security?

I’ve known for 60 or more years that sooner or later the Commies would get me.
I don’t know if they’ve tried recently, but one report said the thing had also been reported over Colorado, and I was outside several times today.

I’m probably doomed now.

Anyone want an old stereo setup? (The guns are mostly spoken for.)

Dibs on the tube amp

Hello I am Weather Balloon! Any problems getting across the border?

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, U.S. officials and the military said Friday.

"Poses not threat", huh? How in the actual fuck do they know that?

The pilot looked inside the box and it was full of stars?

^^^^^

I know our enemies scan our military bases and missile sites with satellite. I don't like these balloons as I suspect they're providing capability the satellites cannot provide.

In oil & gas we acquire "imagery" from both satellite and planes. The difference between plane/helicopter/balloon and satellite means higher resolution by acquiring imagery in lower levels of atmosphere, beneath clouds, etc. We're using former military technology and don't know capabilities of current military technology. When I say imagery, I am not just a talking about pictures/video, it's the use of FLIR, the use of thermal, the use of LIDAR, imaging technologies that can detect itty bitty gas leaks, imaging technologies that can detect metal below the surface, etc. On the processing side of things, the algorithms are amazing at finding minute change (eg erosion).

Funny story time. About 9 years ago we were looking at an oil and gas project in a sparsely populated portion of North America. It was true green field work and nobody had any soil data for this remote area. It was rugged terrain with discontinuous permafrost so we really wanted something that could cover a large area for screening without having to build roads to do intrusive geotechnical investigation. We identified a new technology that could be mounted to helicopters or small fixed wing planes that could classify soil layers. We got the contract set-up, our contractors got it mounted to a helicopter, and the scanning in a grid pattern commenced. 911 received numerous calls for a helicopter with a torpedo flying around suspiciously. The sensors were long and cylindrical so they looked like a torpedo and nobody thought to contact the sheriff’s office and state trooper’s office ahead of time.

These balloons could be collecting and relaying intel from the thousands of military aged Chinese males that have entered our country illegally.

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Dibs on the tube amp

Back in the day it was thought the old Russian tube equipment could withstand the EMP of nuclear blasts better than our solid state equipment.

So is it still flying or has it drifted into Canada?

Our First Look At Possible Spy Balloon Wreck Found By Alaskan Fishermen

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Fishermen recently found what very well could be the remains of a propeller-equipped spy balloon and turned it over to U.S. authorities.