Montana has lots of people with deer rifles...
Get after it
Apparently taking out a balloon isn't as easy as it would seem.
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- About 25 years ago, a rogue weather balloon wouldn't come down after over 1,000 rounds were fired at it.
- The balloon entered Icelandic air space and drifted north towards Norway.
- Balloons, like the suspected Chinese "spy balloon" over the US, don't always pop or explode when shot.
Almost 25 years ago, a large runaway weather balloon proved to be quite challenge a for a pair of fighter jets trying to shoot it down, staying in the air even after more than 1,000 rounds were fired at it.
The research balloon was measuring ozone levels above Canada,
the Associated Press reported at the time. It went rogue in August 1998, passing across Canada, over the Atlantic Ocean, and through British airspace before entering Iceland's airspace and then drifting northward.
Two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter aircraft spotted the balloon over Newfoundland and fired more than 1,000 rounds at it. The AP reported that the jets, Canadian variants of the American F/A-18 Hornet, hit the balloon, but rather than popping or exploding and crashing to the earth, it slowly began leaking helium. The big balloon was still in the air.
Jewish space laser related?
I use to watch that show when I was really young. Then it was off the air and I would have memories of that balloon without know where they came from. Then you could assess the show on YouTube.
Some really weird hippy sh!t.
The Prisoner had its moments.
The Prisoner is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a
mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as
Number Six and try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job.
[2] Patrick McGoohan played the lead role as Number Six. The series was created by McGoohan with possible contributions from
George Markstein.
[3] Episode plots have elements of
science fiction,
allegory, and
psychological drama, as well as
spy fiction.
[4] It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by
Lew Grade's
ITC Entertainment.
[4]
A major theme of the series is
individualism, as represented by Number Six, versus
collectivism, as represented by Number Two and the others in the Village. McGoohan stated that the series aimed to demonstrate a balance between the two points.
[11]
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