The U.S. Military Is Monitoring Another High-Altitude Balloon
It seems almost too comical to be true, but this is the world we live in. One year after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon that ignited a…
How a Balloon Over Antarctica Will Help NASA Study the Mysterious Space Between Stars
A new NASA experiment will take to the skies on a balloon, scanning the space between the stars of our galaxy and listening for cosmic ingredients to understand how the…
American Technology Found in Chinese Spy Balloon Debris
The Chinese spy balloon captured images and video surveillance using American technology, U.S. officials reported on Thursday. The balloon, which was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier…
Another Mysterious Balloon Is Being Tracked by U.S. Officials
A military pilot takes a selfie with the Chinese spy balloon that was tracked in February. Image: U.S. Department of Defense (Getty Images) Balloon hysteria in America might strike again.…
Lawmakers Want Balloon Tracking to Prevent Another Chinese Spy Fiasco
Two U.S. Senators proposed legislation on Wednesday that would track all balloons in the nation’s airspace in the wake of four balloons shot down last month, including one identified as…
Biden Says ‘Nothing Suggests’ the ‘Balloons’ Were From China
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) President Joe Biden responded to senators’ calls for more information about the three unidentified flying objects that were shot down in the last week. He…
Second ‘High-Altitude Object’ Shot Down by U.S. Military in Less Than a Week
White House officials have confirmed that the U.S. military shot down a “high-altitude object” over Alaska on Friday. The aircraft is the second that the Department of Defense has targeted…
U.S. Military Shoots Down Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon With Fighter Jets
Goodbye, big floating spy in the sky.Photo: Larry Mayer / The Billings Gazette (AP) As of Saturday, the giant white balloon that U.S. authorities claimed was sent over by China…
RIP Alleged Chinese Spy Balloon, Shot Down by U.S. Military Over Atlantic Ocean
Goodbye, big floating spy in the sky.Photo: Larry Mayer / The Billings Gazette (AP) As of Saturday, the giant white balloon that U.S. authorities claimed was sent over by China…
‘Shoot. It. Down.’ How Washington Freaked Out About the Chinese Spy Balloon
Photo: AP/Getty/Gizmodo (Getty Images) Late Thursday night, a giant, mysterious balloon floated over the United States, apparently by way of the Pacific Ocean all the way to sensitive air space…