Apparently almost every media outlet buried the lead. According to analysis from combined intelligence operations of the U.S government, last week the Biden administration ordered U.S. military fighter jets to launch missiles and shoot down of what is now believed to be “balloons belonging to private companies, recreation, or research institutions.” WATCH (w/ transcript below):
[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Last week, in the immediate aftermath of the incursion by China’s high-altitude balloon, our military, through the North American Aerospace Defense Command — so-called NOR- — NORAD — closely scrutinized the — our airspace, including enhancing our radar to pick up more slow-moving objects above our country and around the world.
In doing so, they tracked three unidentified objects: one in Alaska, Canada, and over Lake Huron in the Midwest.
They acted in accordance with established parameters for determining how to deal with unidentified aerial objects in U.S. airspace.
At their recommendation, I gave the order to take down these three objects due to hazards to civilian commercial air traffic and because we could not rule out the surveillance risk of sensitive facilities.
We acted in consultation with the Canadian government. I spoke personally with Prime Minister Trudeau and Ca- — from Canada on Saturday.
And just as critically, we acted out of an abundance of caution and at an opportunity that allowed us to take down these — these objects safely.
Our military and the Canadian military are seeking to recover the debris so we can learn more about these three objects. Our intelligence community is still assessing all three incidences. They’re reporting to me daily and will continue their urgent efforts to do so, and I will communicate that to the Congress.
We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were. But nothing — nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from other — any other country.
The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research.
When I came into office, I instructed our intelligence community to take a broad look at the phenomenon of unidentified aerial objects.
We know that a range of entities, including countries, companies, and research organizations operate objects at altitudes for purposes that are not nefarious, including legitimate scientific research.
I want to be clear: We don’t have any evidence that there has been a sudden increase in the number of objects in the sky. We’re now just seeing more of them, partially because the steps we’ve taken to increase our radars — to narrow our radars. And we have to keep adapting our approach to delaying — to dealing with these challenges.
That’s why I’ve directed my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward, distinguishing — distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not.
But make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the American people, I will take it down. I’ll be sharing with Congress these classified policy parameters when they’re completed, and they’ll remain classified so we don’t give our roadmap to our enemies to try to evade our defenses.
Going forward, these parameters will guide what actions we will take while responding to unmanned and unidentified aerial objects. We’re going to keep adapting them as the challenges evolve, if it evolves.
In addition, we’ve derived — I’ve directly my National Security Advisor to lead a government-wide effort to make sure we are positioned to deal safely and effectively with the objects in our airspace.
First, we will establish a better inventory of unmanned airborne objects in space — above the United States’ airspace and make sure that inventory is accessible and up to date.
Second, we’ll implement further measures to improve our capacity to detect unmanned objecti- — objects in our airspace.
Third, we’ll update the rules and regulations for launching and maintaining unmanned objects in the skies above the United States of America.
And fourth, my Secretary of State will lead an effort to help establish a global — a globa- — a common global norms in this largely unregulated space.
These steps will lead to safer and more secure skies for our air travelers, our military, our scientists, and for people on the ground as well. That’s my job as your President and Commander-in-Chief.
As the events of the previous days have shown, we’ll always act to protect the interest of the American people and the security of the American people.
Since I came into office, we’ve developed the ability to identify, track, and study high-altitude surveillance balloons connected with the Chinese military.
When one of these high-altitude surveillance balloons entered our airspace over the continental United States earlier in the month, I gave the order to shoot it down as soon as it would be safe to do so. The military advised against shooting it down over land because of the sheer size of it. It was the size of multiple school busses, and it posed a risk to people on the ground if it was shot down where people lived.
Instead, we tracked it closely, we analyzed its capabilities, and we learned more about how it operates.
And because we knew its path, we were able to protect sensitive sites against collection.
We waited until it was safely over water, which would not only protect civilians but also enable us to recover substantial components for further analys- — for further analytics.
And then we shot it down, sending a clear message — clear message: The violation of our sovereignty is unacceptable.
We will act to protect our country, and we did.
Now, this past Friday, we put restrictions on six firms that directly support the People’s Republic Liberation Army — the People’s Lib- — the People’s Liberation Army aerospace program that includes airships and balloons, denying them access to U.S. technology.
We briefed our diplomatic partners and our allies around the world, and we know about China’s program and where their balloons have flown.
Some of them have also raised their concerns directly with China. Our exports [experts] have lifted components of the Chinese balloon’s payload off the ocean floor. We’re analyzing them as I speak, and what we learn will strengthen our capabilities.
Now, we’ll also continue to engage with China, as we have throughout the past two weeks. As I’ve said since the beginning of my administration, we seek competition, not conflict, with China. We’re not looking for a new Cold War.
But I make no apologize — I make no apologies, and we will compete. And we’ll be res- — we’ll responsibly manage that competition so that it doesn’t veer into conflict.
This episode underscores the importance of maintaining open lines of communication between our diplomats and our military professionals. Our diplomats will be engaging further, and I will remain in communication with President Xi.
I’m grateful for the work over the last several weeks of our intelligence, diplomatic, and military professionals who have proved once again to be the most capable in the world. And I want to thank you all.
Now, look, the other thing I want to point is that we are going to keep our allies and the Congress contemporaneously informed of all we know and all we learn. And I expect to be speaking with President Xi, and I hope we have a — we are going to get to the bottom of this. But I make no apologies for taking down that balloon.
Thank you very much.
(Cross-talk by reporters.)
Q Mr. President, why did you wait so long to address the public on this matter, Mr. President?
Q Sir, there’s been a criticism — there’s been criticism of this —
Q When are you speaking to President Xi, Mr. President?
Q Is this deal with China compromised by your family’s business relationships in China, President Biden?
THE PRESIDENT: Give me a break, man. (Laughs.) (Inaudible.)
Q Sir — Mr. President — Mr. President, there’s been criticism —
Q Did you overreact?
Q — Mr. President, there’s been criticism that this was an overreaction that was done because of political pressure —
(Cross-talk by reporters.)
THE PRESIDENT: I can’t —
Q Is your son still (inaudible) —
THE PRESIDENT: You can come to my office and ask the question when you have more polite people (inaudible).
God help us. America is in big big trouble.
Amen.
Amen
God did help us. He gave us brains. But ‘we’ elect (or “elect”) Democrats anyway, so what can He do now?
Elect Demorats?
Hmmmm…..
You think so? So the elections were legit? 81,000,000 votes?
:0
I dont really know what to say about your post. Are you new or?…lol!
Yep, Putin is a nervous wreck.
The shock and awe on display from the worlds greatest military is incredible./sarc.
Geez…no wonder Afghanistan etc embarrassed the U.S. leadership.
It must be embarrassing to be in the U.S. military today.
I know here in Canada the military no longer gets our best.
Cheers!
LOL!
No kidding eh Dekester?
I know you live on the West Coast. Im here in Northern Ontario. 1/2 mile from Ground Zero, as I refer to it.
If things go south, Im dead, as will all my family and friends be. The base here is a joke now. NORADS Northern Command. No planes. No air defenses. Nothing. Read my post about it, my friend.
This isnt even funny, how unprotected we are here in Canada. Shameful to say the least.
meanwhile putin and russia win again..as predicted.
germany, france, spain have all agreed to cease energy trade prohibitions with the largest energy providers in RUSSIA. Specifically the sale of gas, oil, coal AND refined nuclear fuel!
yes…it’s true…the EU is not really interested in pushing back on Russia…they just can’t afford “that kind of involvement” in this war ya’know. But escalating a proxy war that has only one possible outcome? of yes. they are all for it.
which everyone should be asking:
at this point, isn’t it more accurate to understand this is simply as way to build revenue for the military arms sales..and all of the money laundering that usually goes with it?
God Bless America
You arent alone.
Canada is also screwed too, unless something drastic changes.
A little side note for everyone:
I live a 1/2 mile from NORAD ‘s Canadian base. This is where the interceptions for all the northern sky’s are detected, and organized, and the issues for the last little while, are all dealt with, by this base and its Air Weapons Command Center. This base used to have 2 Air Wings, one of Electronic Warfare aircraft, and several squadrons of CF-100’s, and Voodoo’s, back in the day. There were also Nukes based here, until they were removed in the late 60’s. The Air Wings were eliminated over the years, by successive governments, and now, its just NORAD here, no aircraft…..no Air Wings. Nada. If there are air defenses, they are not visible. I dont even think they have any here, as I have literally paved the 10,000 foot runway, and the crosswinds runway, one of only 2 airports in Ontario with a runway that long. I saw nothing to suggest we are protected by such. In fact, there are exercises here every few years, and the US Military comes in with Patriot Battery’s, they set them up on the base ballfield! 😉 I have seen them with my own eyes. When its over, they are gone. So what protects this base from attack, is beyond me…….
The SAGE Complex ( an exact replica of Cheyenne Mountain, CO) was shut down a decade ago, and moved above ground, being that todays nuclear weapons would not protect the underground complex. It is still there, but it is empty. Ive read some say its a lie, and that it is still used. I can assure those people, it is literally empty.
Its been awfully quiet around here, as it usually is. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. No extra military flights or activity, nothing of that sort. You would think if there was something big going down, it would be the opposite.
It is a small City, and there are tons of military that live and work here. The US Military is a partner here, and there are many US Military members in the community. They make up a good portion of the population of this sleepy little place.
Of course, in small place like this, you get to meet and know many of them. Let’s just say, the few people I know personally, are tight lipped about what has been going on. That being said, most people have facial expressions and body language, that say a lot, without saying anything with the mouth.
What I have observed, is that, as we all suspect, this is a psy-op, and its a giant game of BS, from the governments. Nothing was expressed with words, but you can just tell, when someone is skeptical of the situation. This is my opinion, and I strongly suspect, they also know it too. They just cant comment on it. For obvious reasons. I respect that, 100 per cent.
Just a little heads up, and observations for the Treepers. We are being lied to. And deep down, most know it.
Hi Bob,
Down here in Greater Vancouver the mood among many is simply confusion.
Our crowd ( a local group that are aware of this site, and follow the likes of Ezra Levant,Theo Fleury and others.)
Are preparing and doing rather well.
The confused don’t know what to think..food prices are soaring, gas is $1.85 per litre for regular.
Sh*t box houses are renting for $3500.00 a month..sh*t box basement suites $1600.00 and up.
Yet Trudeau/Singh and the media continue to make happy talk.
Cheers!
Strangely enough, it appears food inflation and stupid high gas prices haven’t really come to this little City.
Gas is just above 1.40/L, eggs are still 4 to 5 bucks, Im not sure why, the only thing about food I can think of, is that a lot of this stuff is locally sourced from farms around the area. As for the fuel, I dont get that one either.
One of my best friends lives in Vancouver, he owns a small heating business, he does well, he is freaked out about the housing issue though. I think that a lot of that issue, is from foreign ownership of much of the property’s there. Im sure you would know more about that than myself. He tells me he is ready to retire and come back home. He cant afford to retire there. Too expensive!
Your friend will like be doing well in the HVAC trade, trades guys are tremendous demand.
The laundered wealth and inter generational transfer of wealth around here is mind numbing.
If he owns a house mortgage free in Greater Vancouver he is a wealthy man.
Lastly, folks in trades like his are heading to Vancouver Island.
Cheers to you
I am guessing that you live in North Bay, Bobo?
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!
I’m encouraged that we’re collaborating with Canadia on this
gnomesayin’ ?
Recall how this regime exhibited no interest in this ballon business until engaged and informed Americans forced them to pay attention to it and President Trump told them to shoot (the first Chinese balloon) down.
These people are scary stupid!
schtoopid!
Scary shit stupid
I used a crude word but I believe it is appropriate!
Clown show.
And this is the sanitized, scripted explanation?
Imagine the Three Stooges franticity amongst the military ‘braintrust’ as they dealt with this!
OK. Franticity is a word. I was skeptical but I asked Shemp and he confirmed it.
“Hey, what’s another word for ‘scrutiny’?”
“Uhh… scrutiny!”
“I ignored a legitimate threat from the CCP because my family has been utterly compromised by our business dealings with the Chinese, among many others…BUT, I did order the destruction of three totally harmless, private objects in order to distract from my previous inaction. And there’s nothing any of you can do about, Jack, so quit pesterin’ me with your stupid questions!”
And sadly, he’s probably right…who’s going to call him out? Cocaine Mitch? Frank Luntz’ roommate?
he is nothing more than a reader
This would be hilarious, if it wasn’t so incredibly inept! WTF!
Why so many constructed phony stages for joe to speak from?
Does he leak down his trousers so often he’s barred from the business portion of the WH?
Team Zero is busy there.
Where’s Brandon? Apparently not at the White House.
constructed phony stages
Was this the one with the phony windows supposedly looking out on the White House garden?
One time there were snow-covered pine trees in a winter viewscape
Another time there were gantries and container-loading cranes from the shipyard at Long Beach, CA … as if the shipyard was right there in the White House garden
To quote Angry White Dude — “I Crap You Negative”
These people will cause WW3 and soon.
I just wonder what Cornpop would have done
Cornpop would have told Putin to meet him out behind whatever POTATUS was babbling on about once he got done with his swim.
Don’t forget about Cornpop’s three homies sporting straight razors.
take them behind the gym for a punch-up
You mean when they “mistake” space debris for an incoming FIrst Strike by another nation and launch a retaliatory strike for no reason other than stupidity?
Weather forecast that day: overcast with high chance of portable sunshine in all areas of the planet.
It could have been worse. A remake of the movie “Around The World In 80 Days”.
Unless it stared Alex Baldwin.
DOES A STATE OF WAR NOW EXIST BETWEEN THE HOBBY CLUB AND CANADA?
The most important thing is he showed those balloons who is boss.
There’s always another balloon.
These poor weather balloons really need to hire a good lawyer and sue.
They get blamed for so much.
ET should sue for character defamation after these balloon incidents.
The Deep State has to be embarrassed. I mean, they couldn’t do any better than this clown?
Then again, they might just spite us and say, “Hold my beer“.
Late on election night, November 5th, 2024: “From the Fox News election desk, we can now project that Kamala Harris has been elected the 47th president of the United States.”
They revel in this insult and what shenanigans it enables them to pull.
They won’t be embarrassed as long as the msm goes along with the crap.
Next, they might install Fetterman as President.
So, since except for the first one, Biden is very likely telling the truth this time … … for a change.
“We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were. But nothing — nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from other — any other country.”
Let alone surveillance vehicles from — any other planet.
“We’ve no evidence of a sudden increase in the appearance of these objects, except during the Trump Administration, where they not only proliferated, they went completely undetected and unaddressed, imperilling the safety and security of all Americans.”
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Kinda makes hunting with Dick Cheney seem …….well at least shot gun shells are cheap……..sigh
That guy he shot recently died. He lived into his 90s in spite of ol’ Dick
Proof that Senator Kennedy was sarc winner of millenium
There go the drone deliveries from Amazon…
And the balloon releases from when people have memorials for a deceased loved one?
“A small, globe-trotting balloon declared “missing in action” by an Illinois-based hobbyist club on Feb. 15 has emerged as a candidate to explain one of the three mystery objects shot down by four heat-seeking missiles launched by U.S. Air Force fighters since Feb. 10.
The club—the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB)—is not pointing fingers yet.
But the circumstantial evidence is at least intriguing. The club’s silver-coated, party-style, “pico balloon” reported its last position on Feb. 10 at 38,910 ft. off the west coast of Alaska, and a popular forecasting tool—the HYSPLIT model provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—projected the cylindrically shaped object would be floating high over the central part of the Yukon Territory on Feb. 11. That is the same day a Lockheed Martin F-22 shot down an unidentified object of a similar description and altitude in the same general area.”
https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf
Liability insurance requirements inbound?
Like Joe firing a shotgun blindly out the door.
Dork actually suggested firing through the door.
Bloody moron.
I thought it was take a step onto the balcony and fire two blasts into the air?
“last week the Biden administration ordered U.S. military fighter jets to launch missiles and shoot down of what is now believed to be “balloons belonging to private companies, recreation, or research institutions.” ”
Doesn’t recreation balloon usually imply manned?
What have you done this time, Joe and Pentagon?
On the other hand, for those who would deliberately triggered a war in Ukraine that has already killed at least 150,000 Ukraine troops, why would they care ?
Toys, hobbies, lawn chair excursions . . .
They were rather big for that. More the size of some Hot Air balloons.
No, I’m not saying Joe and the Pentagon did that … … … at least not yet, but who would put it past them?
They did blow up those kids in Afghanistan because they “thought they were terrorists”. And that’s just the one we know of.
Lawnchair Larry Lives!
No big deal, just some unknown sky toys, well except for that actual Chinese spy baloon but it just wandered off course, like they do. Pffft there’s been a thousand train derailments, gwitcher bitchen. FEMA to W. Palestine: No standing. The border is secure. Nord Stream? They havin’ a sale? Our gov is truly rotting from the inside.
It has been for decades at least. This is what turning away from God gets us.
Ya know, I believe that there was a time in my life that your words, as you have written them, would have seemed thoroughly cryptic.
Somehow, I understand every single verbal intonation.
Why not? They drone striked an aid worker and his kids in Kabul because they were getting politically killed over the deaths of Marines. They are that malevolent and incompetent, and they will kill the stupid that follow them by the millions.
These people are absolute zealots.
Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF
https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf
No more birthday balloons….
Bottom line: Our INTEL is devoid of any actual intelligence. They must be in competition w/Obiden for the last place standings in university.
Obviously, a National Intelligence Agency is able to tell the difference between a “spy’ balloon and an innocent weather balloon. Or perhaps they just assume we are too stupid to acknowledge their lies and call them out.
That’s because Main Street Media reports like this is all normal and the Fox News Zombie watchers believe what they are told.
Scary world in which we live.
Biden administration: “We blowed up 3 more balloons. Blowed ’em up real good.”
🙂
So, the taxpayers just spent $1.2 MILLION on the 3 missiles themselves. (UH OH – if you count the missed and lost missile, that would be $1.6 MILLION!)
NOW, factor in that the taxpayers will surely be reimbursing the companies who paid for and put the “unidentified” objects where they were – almost assuredly after going through reams of forms to get permission to do so from the Feds, then, pretty soon, you’re talking about REAL MONEY!
And the fuel was probably expensive too
…and what did this ‘tough guy act’ cost the taxpayers???
Joe needs a room at Walter Reed. Enough is enough.
A rubber room
He can room with Fetterman. Same department of the hospital.
Sounds completely plausible for a Woody Allen movie from his “Sleeper” period.
Next, the JoeBama Mis-administration will clone a nose.
How would you like to be the fighter pilot that missed a balloon on the first shot? …talk about embarrassing.
Indeed. How do you miss those huge balloons??
“No one F**ks with a Biden” – especially not a 10th grade science fair project.
😂
That will teach those kids not to get a permit…..
I found a video of one of the threatening UFO’s Biden ordered to be shot down with a sidewinder missile.
Where’s the Sidewinder, Joe?
Besides the Vineyard, I mean.
This was all Narrative Agit-Prop, to cover his China-owned ass.
China-owned is right!
“Rigged election have catastrophic consequences”.
Serious understatement
Hilarious totalitarianism Batman #%boom$#pow&*#. The Big Guy ™️ uses an assault weapon against innocent “objects”. You need an
F15F22 if you go against the gubmint, passively, and Uncle Joe. Joey’s proverbial shotgun probably could have done the job and we would know what Plugs was shooting at.Ron DeSantis couldn’t be reached for comment. Nikki Haley was busy with Donnie Lee Moan in prime time.
Karrine Jean-Pierre said “We are an inclusive administration, we shoot down everything, no bias”.
…and maybe a kite or two.
Trust the experts. They seem to know what is going on. Great decision making skills.
I looked bad last time so I will just shoot everything that moves.
Great defense. Was that IAW ROE?
I don’t know about the rest of the world, but the USA has become a stage.
A stage with idiots as the cast.
The last 15 seconds are the best. Grumpy Joe is an old man telling kids to get off his lawn.
The best communicator of the White House doesn’t like pesky questions.
Okey dokie, then. Since the UFO kerfluffles have been waved away, maybe we can start asking about Nord Stream. …..HAHAHAHA! I crack myself up.
I feel like a fed up parent when I say this; Just tell me the F’ing Truth!
Like many Americans, I cannot find the words to respond to this.
A movie script for a slapstick comedy like this would be quickly rejected as completely unbelievable.
The USA has no grownups at the helm which has to be frightening to all good people across the globe.
We would be better led by fifth graders.
And the 5th grade class projects are destruction of the greatest economic system in history and a proxy (so far) war against a nuclear power.
Wonder where the missile that missed is?
In orbit?
Train wreck?
pico balloons 😂
The sense of smell in the most primitive of the senses, and hence, likely the last to go.
also the most evocative of the senses, in terms of triggering long-ago memories
here’s a curious account
One day I awoke calmly
I had the sensation that my hearing and smell weren’t “turned on yet”
I had the sensation of wakefulness, can’t recall if my eyes were open yet
But I had the distinct sensation that I wasn’t hearing or smelling yet
And they returned just a couple instants later, probably within a second or two
It was a bright morning right outside my window and birds were chirping a bit
So I think I experienced that our body shuts down our senses while sleeping, and most probably in the deep sleep cycle, which I tend to be in right before waking
This may be related to why so many people die in their sleep in house fires
You’d think the acrid smoke would awaken them … but no, in many cases
Any cognitive experts out there?
No sensory expert here! = I’m a man. … But any married man should know a wife never really sleeps; especially if she has children.
A woman has a built in NORAD system that works 24/7. … Her skin can tell if there’s a window left open, a nose that knows a fire is burning somewhere and if there are unusual odors in the home; her ears seem to constantly hear. … A husband should trust his wife in such situations. … A woman can be asleep and still listen for noise from her children. [+Protective of the kids constantly.]
Old age, drugs and alcohol dull the senses in everyone. … All of us guys are lucky as we can go brain and sensory dull [completely] without any drug or alcohol help. = There’s a reason God made Women the mothers. [When the wife asks her husband to check on a noise, she’ll also get up and sit with her children.]
With a woman ‘The Birds NOT chirping’ will cause her to look out a window!
What a great husband you are!
Blessings to you and your wife!
my wife can hear a mouse fart in the basement closet “not a joke man ” .
I really, really, want Putin to crush him!
If Putin crushes him, we get crushed. I appreciate Putin’s patience. I want to say that we need to get Biden out of there, but sadly it isn’t even Biden making the decisions and writing the speeches.
yep, he’s nothing more than a teleprompter reader
and not even good at that … mispronounces words, runs ahead, rushes complex words into garble *
* “I’ll lead an effective strategy to mobilize truinnerashuvaduprezure, isolate and punish China.”
https://www.westernjournal.com/joe-biden-slurs-words-leaves-internet-baffled-trying-interpret-phrase/
“My butt’s been wiped!”
i think the Russian people and the American people would be both pleased if the White house and the Kremlin just nuked each other and left the rest of both countries live in peace !
This is a lot like Biden’s and the Pentagon’s performance in Afghanistan where they blew up those terrorists, but when the truth came out, had to admit they were innocent children.
The Lying Occupant of Our White House regurgitates more sputum….for the 100th time.
Patriots of our country need GOD to give us the wisdom, the courage and the strength to ORGANIZE, fight, defeat and destroy
the cabal ( Congress, and almost every agency with .gov after its name) that has taken control of our country.
Actually we have every thing we need…….except the Courage.
We need what’s going on @ Asbury College, plus the Full Armor of God.
Let me tell you, I was sweating it after buying my Valentine a large balloon at the grocery store the other day. I took evasive action as I performed a duck and weave – while running in a serpentine pattern across the parking lot. As I climbed into my vehicle, I breathed a sigh of relief that I had not only managed to hang onto the balloon, keep from being hit by a car, but also escape being taken out by a $400,000. missile! Whew!
👍
I surprised my valentine with a ticket for an all expense paid cross-country balloon excursion coast to coast, Alaska to Florida… she loves adventure
Oh, my…
“Serpentine, Shel !!! … Serpentine !!!”
Love that movie.
you’ll learn to stay away from those bright, metallic balloons, Rancher
So far, so good…but definitely scary!
My best friend and her husband took a trip to Arizona this week for Valentine’s week and went up in a hot air balloon together. My mom joked telling her to be careful they didn’t shoot them out of the air. Turns out, it isn’t so funny!
Yeah, this really doesn’t give me confidence in his finger being on the trigger.
It’s even better, the sidewinder missed!
Even more betterer, they interfered with the aircraft sensors!!
A balloon enthusiast club is saying they are missing a balloon and think that their balloon may be one of the ones that were shot down.
https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf
Yes. Tucker had it. I’ll sleep better tonight.