Object shot down over Alaska

[Cavedweller]

The problem is that so far, I haven't read or heard of any companies claiming the balloons and objects and suing the US DOD for the shoot downs?

^^Interesting observation.

Sen. Kennedy: "The only thing I feel confident saying right now is that if you are confused, you understand the situation perfectly," Kennedy explained.

Sen. Kennedy Dishes on Info They Got in Briefing on Those 'Objects'

redstate.com

 

[Flopsweat]

^^Interesting observation.

Sen. Kennedy: "The only thing I feel confident saying right now is that if you are confused, you understand the situation perfectly," Kennedy explained.

Sen. Kennedy Dishes on Info They Got in Briefing on Those 'Objects'

redstate.com

I guess it can get really expensive making a corrupt, incompetent President and Cabinet look good.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

The problem is that so far, I haven't read or heard of any companies claiming the balloons and objects and suing the US DOD for the shoot downs?

Perhaps they don't want to get a bill for $800k in missiles + fuel, + tanker, + time, plus ? from the feds.

Honestly it could be just some hobbyist balloon(s) that got away from him and he wrote it off and just let it go. People build crazy flying stuff all the time. We used to fill balloons as a kid with acetylene and light the strings on fire and let them go. Boom! Or could be some outfit doing atmospheric research. Who knows.

 

[Cavedweller]

Honestly it could be just some hobbyist balloon(s) that got away from him and he wrote it off and just let it go.

Some Eskimo with nothing but time on his hands?

 

[Flopsweat]

Perhaps they don't want to get a bill for $800k in missiles + fuel, + tanker, + time, plus ? from the feds.

Honestly it could be just some hobbyist balloon(s) that got away from him and he wrote it off and just let it go. People build crazy flying stuff all the time. We used to fill balloons as a kid with acetylene and light the strings on fire and let them go. Boom! Or could be some outfit doing atmospheric research. Who knows.

Maybe some super-high altitude test balloon did its thing and then eventually started descending. They could come down anywhere.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Maybe some super-high altitude test balloon did its thing and then eventually started descending. They could come down anywhere.

Russia apparently has a balloon facility on the Kamchatka peninsula. The photos of that site on internet look like traditional weather balloons though. Who knows what kinds of things people send up there, whether private individuals, companies, scientific organizations, or countries. Need a simple anti-ballon drone and shoot them all down. I'm surprised they didn't use a predator drone or something actually.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Perhaps they don't want to get a bill for $800k in missiles + fuel, + tanker, + time, plus ? from the feds.

Wonder how much it cost to build a device similar to what was hanging underneath the balloon.... not sure of the other objects if they aren't balloons?

Fairly sure that the technology and hardware were not cheap consumer grade equipment... especially if the Intelligence Community says that the first device was sending signals of sorts as well as having some specific signatures?

 

[Mike_M57]

How long before we're asking Zelensky for some of our missiles back?

"Holy crap! 99 RED balloons?! CHINA IS ATTACKING!!!" - President Squirrelhead Kidsniffer von Poopypants

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Wonder how much it cost to build a device similar to what was hanging underneath the balloon.... not sure of the other objects if they aren't balloons?

Fairly sure that the technology and hardware were not cheap consumer grade equipment... especially if the Intelligence Community says that the first device was sending signals of sorts as well as having some specific signatures?

Not talking about the Chinese balloon, only the other reported one with string hanging down but nothing attached. Not enough info to tel much of anything (except pilot descriptions posted above).

 

[CamoDeafie]

Need a simple anti-ballon drone and shoot them all down. I'm surprised they didn't use a predator drone or something actually.

Fulton recovery rig repurposed to capture balloons? May as well, recover potential intelligence and confiscate things... I mean, it IS this government's thing... to threaten confiscation of private personal property and devices... in addition to Eminent Domain

 

[Mike_M57]

Fulton recovery rig repurposed to capture balloons? May as well, recover potential intelligence and confiscate things... I mean, it IS this government's thing... to threaten confiscation of private personal property and devices... in addition to Eminent Domain

Change the rules of Punkin Chunkin to include altitude and accuracy.

Repurpose Lawn Darts as ammo for rail guns.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

A couple well funded examples. I wonder how many community colleges or engineering tech colleges have launched stuff in the air? Or rocketry/other hobby groups? Or individuals? I saw on eBay or Amazon (can't recall) a Mylar metallic ballon the size of a car for $239.

AeroAstro students organizing Global Space Balloon Challenge

MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics students are co-coordinating a worldwide competition for people of all ages and abilities to launch balloons to the edge of space, some 20 miles above Earth's surface, in April 2015.

news.mit.edu

NASA Collegiate Balloon Competition Aims to Drop Objects Safely Down to Earth - NASA

NASA’s new competition, the Formulate, Lift, Observe, And Testing; Data Recovery And Guided On-board Node (FLOATing DRAGON) Balloon Challenge, is looking for

www.nasa.gov

Here is a replica of a car that's a balloon.

 

[The Heretic]

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Found some balloon examples online, 22' balloon is $119

 

[raftman]

So it's looking like we've spent millions shooting down used car lot balloons and the like over the past week and a half?

Oh well… I guess it's still a more prudent use of resources than Ukraine.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

So it's looking like we've spent millions shooting down used car lot balloons and the like over the past week and a half?

Oh well… I guess it's still a more prudent use of resources than Ukraine.

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Too lazy to change from box kite to balloon

 

[Flopsweat]

So it's looking like we've spent millions shooting down used car lot balloons and the like over the past week and a half?

Oh well… I guess it's still a more prudent use of resources than Ukraine.

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This thing is ballooning out of control!

 

[CountryGent]

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Considering this history of our species, our planet has got to be the "bad neighborhood" in this area of the galaxy.

 

[Flopsweat]

Considering this history of our species, our planet has got to be the "bad neighborhood" in this area of the galaxy.

You'd better hope we are.

 

[Cavedweller]

This thing is ballooning out of control!

This outcome has left me completely deflated!