Interesting day at work

[avidflyer]

I'm at 40,000

[MrGoat]

That the Chinese balloon?


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[rmlovett1]

The news was saying that many pilots have spotted it while in the air

[Speedbird-1]

Why hasn't it been brought down?

Gary Powers must be enjoying this...wherever he maybe.

The start of an invasion?

[77T]

LiDAR scans are so much nicer looking at 80 instead of LEO. Maybe making a coffeetable book for Xi? Or a TikTok…



Safer to capture off-shore inside the US EEZ. Good practice for drone jockeys and naval aviators with unfused AIM-120’s to poke holes in the helium bag. Of course, if it’s hydrogen, could be spectacular hindenburgesque aerial display.

Stay tuned…in a few hours’ time it’ll be out of US airspace.

[RichardBartlett]

Rumours are it's actually an American balloon which is why they haven't shot it down

[Maleg]

In context of the amount of junk that NASA and the US military routinely drop out of the sky, I am somewhat incredulous that they are concerned about debris, or that they don’t have the skill set to initiate a controlled descent of a balloon. The techniques to do so are over a century old.

I doubt it is of US origin. Surely, China would not publicly claim it if it were not theirs. There is something else going on. We are simply not being told what it is.

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by RichardBartlett

Rumours are it's actually an American balloon which is why they haven't shot it down

No, that’s Russian dis— and if we’re really letting loose here, mis—information. As is the balloon itself, which an illusion created by mass psychosis. A mass psychosis caused by white supremacy.

Hope that cleared everything up.

[Krash]

Originally Posted by RichardBartlett

Rumours are it's actually an American balloon which is why they haven't shot it down

Where did you hear that?


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[Letsgodiving]

It actually is a meteorological balloon. The Chinese need detailed information for nuclear fallout on the North American continent and how it would be affected by weather patterns.

[AzPaul]

Heard The 5th Dimension are being sought for questioning.

[bullies]

Originally Posted by Letsgodiving

It actually is a meteorological balloon. The Chinese need detailed information for nuclear fallout on the North American continent and how it would be affected by weather patterns.

Unfortunately there might be more truth to this than any of us care to admit…

[Krash]

Originally Posted by Letsgodiving

It actually is a meteorological balloon. The Chinese need detailed information for nuclear fallout on the North American continent and how it would be affected by weather patterns.

The reason I don’t believe this is because weather and jet stream patterns for North America are readily available for everyone, including the Chinese. A single ballon won’t give them any additional information.

They’re likely taking pictures.

One thing they did prove was that a balloon carrying a nuclear weapon can be flown over the US and we wouldn’t know it until it was too late.


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[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by Krash

The reason I don’t believe this is because weather and jet stream patterns for North America are readily available for everyone, including the Chinese. A single ballon won’t give them any additional information.

They’re likely taking pictures.


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Detailed information about the atmospheric conditions in restricted air space, over military property, and over missile silos?

Is there public weather data from equipment located inside Area 51? Maybe there’s information about the weather near Area 51, and we can extrapolate that the weather inside the restricted zone is essentially the same.

[Maleg]

Originally Posted by Letsgodiving

It actually is a meteorological balloon. The Chinese need detailed information for nuclear fallout on the North American continent and how it would be affected by weather patterns.

They already have that information. The US government tracks industrial pollution from China as it travels throughout the northern hemisphere. There are detailed studies available to anyone online.

The NWS publishes accurate weather data for all flight levels in near real time.

And, China stole quite a bit of US nuclear weapons information in the 1990’s. They have a very detailed planning picture without needing an embarrassing balloon transgression.

[Krash]

Originally Posted by Star Ferry

Detailed information about the atmospheric conditions in restricted air space, over military property, and over missile silos?

Is there public weather data from equipment located inside Area 51? Maybe there’s information about the weather near Area 51, and we can extrapolate that the weather inside the restricted zone is essentially the same.

Yes, the jet streams will be the largest influence on nuclear fallout. Not random day to day weather in a specific area.

https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/jet


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[train-time]

Originally Posted by Letsgodiving

It actually is a meteorological balloon. The Chinese need detailed information for nuclear fallout on the North American continent and how it would be affected by weather patterns.

Originally Posted by Star Ferry

Detailed information about the atmospheric conditions in restricted air space, over military property, and over missile silos?

Is there public weather data from equipment located inside Area 51? Maybe there’s information about the weather near Area 51, and we can extrapolate that the weather inside the restricted zone is essentially the same.

They are mining all the information they need about Americans from TikTok. Unforunately it will be too late before people realize it.

[Star Ferry]

So the balloon was shot down, but only because the public spotted it. They would have happily covered it up and let it return home to China.

[Maleg]

It occurs to me that the same people who assessed that the balloon was no threat assessed that it would take the Taliban months to take over Afghanistan.

Confidence in their assessments is low.

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by Maleg

It occurs to me that the same people who assessed that the balloon was no threat assessed that it would take the Taliban months to take over Afghanistan.

Confidence in their assessments is low.

You know that’s the interesting thing about people. I know of no one who is perfect. Yet someone like you and me who post on a forum typically are wrong when it comes to things we have no knowledge about.

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by dddrees

You know that’s the interesting thing about people. I know of no one who is perfect. Yet someone like you and me who post on a forum typically are wrong when it comes to things we have no knowledge about.

One difference is that I have zero incentive to give a false opinion about any topic discussed here. Experts entrenched in a field invariably have plenty of reasons to not tell the truth. The people with the most knowledge can also have the least credibility

[Fleetlord]

It's been popped now.

[brandrea]

Glad no one’s interested in what are doing up here

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Glad no one’s interested in what are doing up here

You guys would have had a polite conversation with the balloon and then escorted it to the penalty box for a two minute time out.

[Maleg]

Originally Posted by dddrees

You know that’s the interesting thing about people. I know of no one who is perfect. Yet someone like you and me who post on a forum typically are wrong when it comes to things we have no knowledge about.

“No one” is perfect, which is why we pay groups of experts to minimize the probability of a critical error. The same group of experts has been wrong on some critical things the past couple of years. People are what their trend is.

We don’t have to know why the balloon was managed the way it was to not have faith in this group of experts.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Star Ferry

You guys would have had a polite conversation with the balloon and then escorted it to the penalty box for a two minute time out.

Or passive aggressively suggested that you guys take care of it for us

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[Speedbird-1]

Muddy water is best
cleared, by leaving it alone.

[Knappo 1307]

Originally Posted by RichardBartlett

Rumours are it's actually an American balloon which is why they haven't shot it down

You sure like to take pot shots at the Americans, between your cruise thread, stating "I wonder how the Americans are going to F#ck this up" regarding deboating in San Diego, and now this garbage. Relax, aren't you on a cruise, have a shirley temple, and chill out.

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by Knappo 1307

You sure like to take pot shots at the Americans, between your cruise thread, stating "I wonder how the Americans are going to F#ck this up" regarding deboating in San Diego, and now this garbage. Relax, aren't you on a cruise, have a shirley temple, and chill out.

I noticed that too. haters gonna hate.


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[minute_man]

Originally Posted by RichardBartlett

Rumours are it's actually an American balloon which is why they haven't shot it down

Nope, It has to be the Rolex bubble .

Originally Posted by Fleetlord

It's been popped now.