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In the days since the U.S. Air Force shot down three unidentified objects out of the sky, questions linger about just what these objects actually were.
On Thursday, a report by Aviation Week offered an intriguing hypothesis about what one of those three objects could be: a “missing in action” globe-trotting balloon belonging to an Illinois-based hobbyist club.
Per the report, the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade’s (NIBBB) silver-coated, party-style “pico balloon” reported its last position on Feb. 10 at nearly 40,000 ft. off the west coast of Alaska.
Projections showed that the object would be floating over the central part of the Yukon Territory on Feb. 11 – the same day a Lockheed Martin F-22 shot down an unidentified object in the general area.
Small pico balloons range between $12 and $180 and are naturally buoyant above 43,000 ft. These objects carry an 11-gram tracker, with HF and VHF/UHG antennas to update their positions around the world, according to Aviation Week.
The outlet noted that the shape, altitudes, and payloads of small pico balloons matched the descriptions of all three unidentified objects shot down between Feb. 10 and Feb. 12.
Fox News Digital has reached out to NIBBB for comment.
NORAD told Fox News Digital that the FBI has spoken with the hobby club and expects the National Security Council to have more on potentially identifying the objects…
