Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S.::The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, the military said Friday.

  • bean
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    11 months ago

    How do you ‘slowly deflate’ a balloon with a laser? Haha I feel like it’s a pop or no pop situation

    • @Ensign_Crab
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      2011 months ago

      It’s a mylar balloon. They don’t tear catastrophically at a small puncture.

      Mylar is reflective, though.