(02-03-2023, 03:08 PM)BIAD Wrote: (Attached to above)
Later that day -in a similar situation of a confident guy hitting on his girlfriend's sister...
Quote:Spy balloon over US is actually 'civilian airship' that blew off course, says ChinaSky News:
The Foreign Ministry in Beijing admitted the balloon had come from China
-but said it was for meteorological and other scientific research.
Son of Roswell returns!
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Ah yes, the old "relax, it's just a weather balloon.... or maybe swamp gas..." ruse.
I've heard that it is "bigger than 3 busses", but given the fact that most commercial air traffic flies at around 24,000 to 30,000 feet (around 5 miles up), and "space" begins at 62 miles up, the altitude range is pretty large. So, to be seen from the ground, I'm guessing it's SIGNIFICANTLY "bigger than 3 busses"...
And they can't shoot it down because it might fall on someone's head? In MONTANA? Gimme a break! That's just another excuse. The ratio of acres of heads to acres of range land is vanishingly small in Montana.
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