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Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can't tell me they didn't work out a plan the last time this happened. Deflate it slowly with a laser, tow it to a secure area with a drone and reverse engineer it. Seems like a solvable problem.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

Mylar is reflective, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But is it reflective in infrared?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

No idea.