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Mystery object shot down over Yukon may have been harmless 'pico balloon'

Leonard David

17/02/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com

Mystery Object Shot Down Over Yukon May Have Been Harmless 'Pico Balloon'

The object blasted out of the sky over the Yukon on Feb. 11 may have been an amateur radio pico balloon — specifically, a 33-inch-wide one called K9YO-15.

Did the U.S. use a $400,000 missile to destroy a $12 hobby balloon?

Michelle Butterfield

17/02/2023 Reading 8 min

Source de l'article : Global News

Did The U.S. Use A $400,000 Missile To Destroy A $12 Hobby Balloon?

The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade suspects the object shot down over Yukon might have been an amateur (and innocent) pico balloon.

Missing hobby balloon

Lewis Pennock

17/02/2023 Reading 10 min

Source de l'article : Daily Mail

Missing Hobby Balloon

When the Bottlecap Balloon Brigade discovered their hobby balloon went missing the same time fighter jets were scrambled to down a mysterious object over Alaska, theories swirled.

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