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Buckeye_Democrat

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1. Weather balloons?

Reply to ClearSky24 (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2023, 06:27 AM

Feb 2023

National Weather Service:
https://www.weather.gov/bmx/kidscorner_weatherballoons#

Twice a day, every day of the year, weather balloons are released simultaneously from almost 900 locations worldwide! This includes 92 released by the National Weather Service in the US and its territories. The balloon flights last for around 2 hours, can drift as far as 125 miles away, and rise up to over 100,000 ft. (about 20 miles) in the atmosphere!

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Mystery surrounds objects shot down by US military [View all] ClearSky24 Feb 2023 OP

Weather balloons? Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2023 #1

If there are so many, how come we are only noticing them now? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #3

I'm just tossing out a possibility... Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2023 #5

Do you know if weather balloons have communication jammers? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #6

I heard there were different reports... Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2023 #7

Thanks! Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #8

"USAF pilots reporting objects were interfering with their coms." Disaffected Feb 2023 #25

Yep. We have little real information, along with misinformation and downright government nonsense. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #26

ARE we just noticing them now? Or did civilians just notice them now? JHB Feb 2023 #15

Yes certainly would have been kept highly classified. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #17

Description given Bear Creek Feb 2023 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author NanceGreggs Feb 2023 #2

Pure speculation on my part ... NanceGreggs Feb 2023 #4

Now there's a... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #9

The descriptions like the above fail for me. Model35mech Feb 2023 #10

I'm reminded that some scientists are amazed that the bumblebee can fly at all EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #11

We may never get more info, speculation is all we can do. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #13

Yep. That was a major concern of mine. EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #16

Pilots have been reporting this stuff for decades. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #18

Model35, what do you think it is then? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #12

Like the bumblebee, it still flies EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #20

I think they are purposefully ill-described Model35mech Feb 2023 #27

I agree we are being fed disinformation right now. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #28

Kill em all! " The only good bug is a DEAD bug!": Johnny Rico, Starship Trooper Shanti Shanti Shanti Feb 2023 #14

The single greatest piece of information people seem to be forgetting... Layzeebeaver Feb 2023 #21

The My Pillow guy... Jrose Feb 2023 #22

A gaseous type of balloon? Three obvious possibilities come to mind: DFW Feb 2023 #23

It is interesting that it is such a big secret. Chainfire Feb 2023 #24

a report last friday suggested they were also over south am. Model35mech Feb 2023 #29

I heard one was seen over Mexico, but missed any over S.A. Chainfire Feb 2023 #30

Maybe that's the one i heard of, but I didn't remember it as Mexico Model35mech Feb 2023 #31

News said Colombia spotted one also. nt EX500rider Feb 2023 #32