[rustyp]

What if ? If it is a sophisticated spy balloon it could have a self destruct mode to all data and equipment upon being shot down. Without a doubt the data has already been transmitted. We may gain more intelligence by leaving it intact and monitoring. Worse yet what if a self destruct mode releases who knows what in the process. I feel better when someone looks before they leap.

[keepsake]

If the Russian had launched this balloon it would have been downed 10 miles off shore.

[keepsake]

"It's harmless where it is ..."

"Where it is" is optimum for EMP detonation.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Where is the balloon now?

It may be headed to a state near you, Florida. I’ve looked at the current path.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by rustyp

What if ? If it is a sophisticated spy balloon it could have a self destruct mode to all data and equipment upon being shot down. Without a doubt the data has already been transmitted. We may gain more intelligence by leaving it intact and monitoring. Worse yet what if a self destruct mode releases who knows what in the process. I feel better when someone looks before they leap.

What if it has an atom bomb on board or biological warfare? It’s ours now.

[RICH1]

Not following the jet stream but operating under its own guidance system

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Not following the jet stream but operating under its own guidance system

Yeah and maybe it wants a shot at areas along the east coast. Creepy, eh?

[RICH1]

another Chinese balloon is passing over Latin America!

[mtdjed]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Not following the jet stream but operating under its own guidance system

Consider what is being said. A balloon the size of 3 buses with no visible evidence of propulsion, being able to guide itself across the country. No motors, no fuel and claimed to be able defy the jet stream. If that is true, there is some technology at play that would certainly be worth getting for a closer look.

Our military certainly has capability to observe the balloon, heat signature, movements verse wind direction. They could easily determine difference from weather balloons.

Bound to be more than we are being told.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Is not shooting it down as stupid as dropping it on an American home, car, or head?

It's harmless where it is but potentially harmful if it falls 16 miles.

It was over Montana and South Dakota! You could drop Rhode Island there and not hit anything...

[MarcStephen]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Launched from China and we noticed them over Montana!
Dry run? Embarrassing

The Big Ponds which one time protected is suddenly isn’t so big anymore! Where was the surveillance while it was over the ocean?

[threeonemiles@outlook.com]

Originally Posted by B-flat

Joke all you want but this is serious. The current administration is in bed with the Chinese. Hold on to your shorts we're in serious trouble. The problem is people are to apathetic. Better pray for your children and grand children. The elites want total control over us.

Agree completely. The dumb jokes are a symptom of widespread apathy towards what is happening to our country. Our nation is in decay, morally and spiritually. The joke is on us.

[maggie1]

Originally Posted by Battlebasset

We should steal the payload, and paint a big "moon" on it. Then let it slowly float back to China.

That's one solution, but I believe strafing it with few rounds from a 50 cal would even be better. My question would be why would China launch this object from their country, and for some stroke of luck, it gets blown into U.S. territory and into Canada? Why not Mexico or some of the EU countries? No, this isn't a mistake of the winds, it's China up to some nefarious activity. Correct me if I'm wrong, but no other country reported its' presence. How could that possibly be, considering the thousands of miles it needed to travel to get here?

[jparsoneau@aol.com]

It is absolutely embarrassing that we allow the Chinese to get away with. What do you think they were done with our balloon over Chinese ground. But here we just let it continue to fly on by unbelievable what they allow

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by Aces4

It may be headed to a state near you, Florida. I’ve looked at the current path.

The path can be altered with a stroke of a sharpie.