(NewsNation) — Fighter jets with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on Friday intercepted a balloon flying at high altitude over Utah, according to the organization. The ...
(Bloomberg) -- A suspected hobbyist balloon that was intercepted by fighter jets over Utah has left US airspace, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Saturday. The overflight ...
Fighter jets brought the craft down over US territorial waters on Saturday and debris is spread over a wide area. The US believes the balloon was monitoring sensitive military sites. Its discovery ...
Most of the teams plan to catch a ride on the jet stream, which will carry the balloons around the Earth. Therefore, for global balloonists, troughs and ridges present the least desirable air flow ...
“It is wild that we didn’t know.” Eight days ago, F-22 jets downed the large white balloon that had wafted over the U.S. for days at an altitude of about 60,000 feet. U.S. officials ...