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Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S.::The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, the military said Friday.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems to me that if we have the tech to detect high-altitude balloons in the first place, we also have the tech to determine when they came into our airspace. A balloon launch from US soil will be easily distinguishable from one that came across the ocean or across the border.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They didn't say anything about where it came from, just that it showed up