Strange Baloon in the Sky
Oct 13, 2018 11:55:03 #
These Photos were taken Sept 4th of this year in the Phoenix Az area. Sorry they are a little blurry as it was hand held. Taken with 70D, Canon 100-400 L lens. I only saw it for a few minutes.
Anyone have any idea what it might be. A meteorologist didnt think it was a weather baloon.
Anyone have any idea what it might be. A meteorologist didnt think it was a weather baloon.
Oct 13, 2018 12:46:15 #
You were likely seeing a Google Project Loon balloon. I've seen them many times on Flight radar 24
https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8129543/google-x-internet-balloon-project-loon-interview
https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8129543/google-x-internet-balloon-project-loon-interview
Oct 13, 2018 12:54:27 #
The Watcher wrote:
You were likely seeing a Google Project Loon balloon. I've seen them many times on Flight radar 24
https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8129543/google-x-internet-balloon-project-loon-interview
https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8129543/google-x-internet-balloon-project-loon-interview
Looks like a real good possibility.
Oct 13, 2018 13:11:29 #
Thanks for information. Article states they fly in southern hemisphere. Do they now fly in the northern part or test up here? Learned something new and interesting today. Thanks again
Oct 13, 2018 18:10:52 #
Several months ago, there were four Loon Balloons over the western states according Flight Radar 24. Today I looked around the globe and couldn’t spot one. With a little research, I come across the second link that shows two different high altitude balloons over the western states and more over Europe.
https://www.flightradar24.com/27.94,-105.18/7
https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=60.50551,16.29902&q=!RS_*
https://www.flightradar24.com/27.94,-105.18/7
https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=6&qm=1_day&mc=60.50551,16.29902&q=!RS_*
Oct 13, 2018 18:21:26 #
Thanks for all this great information, you have been a very big help and went the extra mile. Awesome work
Oct 13, 2018 18:41:41 #
ps5039 wrote:
These Photos were taken Sept 4th of this year in the Phoenix Az area. Sorry they are a little blurry as it was hand held. Taken with 70D, Canon 100-400 L lens. I only saw it for a few minutes.
Anyone have any idea what it might be. A meteorologist didnt think it was a weather baloon.
Anyone have any idea what it might be. A meteorologist didnt think it was a weather baloon.
Much too big for a radiosonde and not round:
https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/mlo/programs/esrl/ozonesondes/img/img_launching_sonde_hilo_1.JPG
Project Loon(y) seems like a good bet.
Wikipedia lists 17 incidents where Loon balloons landed in places they shouldn't -- including power lines in
Washington State and the front lawn of a house in California. Just imagine if, instead of a research program,
thousands of them were rolled out and floating around on the winds---with no control over their coarse other
than to change alitude and hope for a different wind.
But hey, it's digital: they'll fix it in the next release. Maybe a fleet of Zeppelins?
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