The balloon

[4Waters]

Launched Fri I believe and has traveled a long way, I noticed it yesterday near Havasu when the site was down, wonder how far it will go?

 

[Ziggy]

We saw it yesterday southeast of 3 dunes. We just figured it was a UFO
With naked eye it kinda looked like 2 trianglular shapes.

 

[c_land]

Launched Fri I believe and has traveled a long way, I noticed it yesterday near Havasu yesterday when the site was down, wonder how far it will go?

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What's it for? A weather deal?

 

[RiverDave]

What is this?

 

[Ziggy]

What is this?

Navigable High altitude ballons. Many uses.
https://research.noaa.gov/article/A...ext=What is a Stratollite?,Credit: World View

 

[4Waters]

What's it for? A weather deal?

What is this?

Usually weather but this company (World view) appears to be a tourism deal, don't think there are people on that yet.

World View | Stratosphere Exploration | Stratospheric High-Altitude Balloons

World View sets the standard for stratospheric exploration via high-altitude balloons. Offering remote sensing, C4ISR and asset monitoring via stratospheric balloons, along with future space tourism and research and education offerings.

worldview.space

 

[78Southwind]

Usually weather but this company (World view) appears to be a tourism deal, don't think there are people on that yet.

World View | Stratosphere Exploration | Stratospheric High-Altitude Balloons

World View sets the standard for stratospheric exploration via high-altitude balloons. Offering remote sensing, C4ISR and asset monitoring via stratospheric balloons, along with future space tourism and research and education offerings.

worldview.space

Balloon + Space = No Thanks

 

[4Waters]

Balloon + Space = No Thanks

Right

 

[Ziggy]

Balloon + Space = No Thanks

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

Grads launched a bunch of balloons with a blow up doll attached, yesterday afternoon.
Shit was hilarious...

 

[napanutt]

Grads launched a bunch of balloons with a blow up doll attached, yesterday afternoon.
Shit was hilarious...

To be honest when I first saw this thread earlier I was almost expecting that video.

 

[WhatExit?]

 

[napanutt]

Who remembers this?

Felix Baumgartner: First person to break sound barrier in freefall

Eight million people went onto YouTube on 14 October 2012 to witness live the game-changing moment Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a parachute jump from a height of 38,969.4 metres and smash through eight world records in just three hours.

www.guinnessworldrecords.com

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

To be honest when I first saw this thread earlier I was almost expecting that video.

I am almost sure there were a few 911 calls after that one.

So epic

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

This is the Grads video. Seriously EPIC!

 

[SoCalDave]

Who remembers this?

Felix Baumgartner: First person to break sound barrier in freefall

Eight million people went onto YouTube on 14 October 2012 to witness live the game-changing moment Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a parachute jump from a height of 38,969.4 metres and smash through eight world records in just three hours.

www.guinnessworldrecords.com

Watched it live, that was bad ass.

 

[4Waters]

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

Watched it live, that was bad ass.

Same. Was one of the most bad ass things I’ve ever seen. Thought he was done when he started the spin

 

[4Waters]

This morning

 

[Nordie]

Ever since you guys posted about flight radar, I downloaded it and am seriously addicted to it. All of the air force stuff that Flys over doesn't show up on radar, but Janet does show up on radar, even when it lands at Area 51.

 

[4Waters]

Ever since you guys posted about flight radar, I downloaded it and am seriously addicted to it. All of the air force stuff that Flys over doesn't show up on radar, but Janet does show up on radar, even when it lands at Area 51.

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I watched a U2 take off in Palmdale about 7 months ago but it didn't show up on flightradar24

 

[Ziggy]

Ever since you guys posted about flight radar, I downloaded it and am seriously addicted to it. All of the air force stuff that Flys over doesn't show up on radar, but Janet does show up on radar, even when it lands at Area 51.

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Why is there a plane named after my wife? Could this be a Mr & Mrs Smith situation?

 

[relaxalot]

On July 5th 2021 We were floating in Steamboat and we saw a high altitude stationary ufo-balloon looking semi opaque huge orb. Could this have been what you are talking about. It was pretty stationary for about 45 minutes and very large. I thought it may be something DARPA involved. I never figured it out. I looked at it with binoculars but it was almost transparent and I would guess on the edge of mspace. Aliens? hmm

 

[4Waters]

On July 5th 2021 We were floating in Steamboat and we saw a high altitude stationary ufo-balloon looking semi opaque huge orb. Could this have been what you are talking about. It was pretty stationary for about 45 minutes and very large. I thought it may be something DARPA involved. I never figured it out. I looked at it with binoculars but it was almost transparent and I would guess on the edge of mspace. Aliens? hmm

Very well could have been a balloon

 

[4Waters]

At lunch time, looks to be heading east, at least for now

 

[Nordie]

Why is there a plane named after my wife? Could this be a Mr & Mrs Smith situation?

It's really nothing exciting, Janet air is for the daily workers that fly into area 51, they park at McCarran and fly to the base. Living here and seeing a 737 flying an unusual flight path is nothing unusual. Just like I live under the flight path for Nellis AFB to Indian Springs and the bomb range, we see all the good stuff all the time. I just call it America's horsepower.

 

[relaxalot]

Very well could have been a balloon

One thing.. it was MASSIVE in size.. as large as a football field.. I just read that these balloons could expand to that size. Finally making sense. I saw it about twice as high as high altitude jets and still larger in size than them. Of course it is just an estimate but I was judging using binoculars and actually observing jets flying routes. It was almost see through with a more visible perimeter. There were a few clouds and you could tell they were moving pretty good due to wind. This big thing was almost stationary. I joked with some floating peeps next to me that we were leaving before the probing starts.

 

[azsunfun]

If was a world view balloon, mark Kelly heavenly invested, trying to develop new ground view cameras, hear in tucson frickin balloon blew up above pad, strange located near Davis Montgomery air force bace?

 

[azsunfun]

If was a world view balloon, mark Kelly heavenly invested, trying to develop new ground view cameras, hear in tucson frickin balloon blew up above pad, strange located near Davis Montgomery air force bace?

Spell check is fucked

 

[4Waters]

Just a couple of minutes ago

 

[4Waters]

Continuing East

 

[4Waters]

Really went up on elevation

I've watched a few balloons on here and I've never seen one stay up longer than 2-2.5 days and they never go this far

 

[4Waters]

 

[HTTP404]

Would it be a dick move if I shot this down?

 

[Taboma]

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What do the colors represent ?
It seems to me that being a passenger on one of these, which seems to be one of their goals, would be seriously boring. I thought doing a hot air balloon ride early one morning was a hoot, but you were low enough to easily view terrain below you and enjoy the sensation of travel, plus the loud hot burner blasts and sudden elevation change.

 

[4Waters]

What do the colors represent ?
It seems to me that being a passenger on one of these, which seems to be one of their goals, would be seriously boring. I thought doing a hot air balloon ride early one morning was a hoot, but you were low enough to easily view terrain below you and enjoy the sensation of travel, plus the loud hot burner blasts and sudden elevation change.

I don't know what the colors represent, maybe someone else does but yeah this balloon trip would be boring as hell

 

[HCP3]

What do the colors represent ?

Altitude.

 

[4Waters]

Around noon today, 70,000+ feet

 

[Taboma]

Around noon today, 70,000+ feet
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Just a thought regarding the route tracking colors that another member explained that FlightRadar uses. Does "Red" an altitude that represents an increased potential for collisions with other air traffic ? Yellow, less of a concern, and green, relax, there ain't nobody else up here but you good buddy ??

 

[DRYHEAT]

Just a thought regarding the route tracking colors that another member explained that FlightRadar uses. Does "Red" an altitude that represents an increased potential for collisions with other air traffic ? Yellow, less of a concern, and green, relax, there ain't nobody else up here but you good buddy ??

I think the colors just correspond to altitude.

 

[Taboma]

I think the colors just correspond to altitude.

Yes, I read it's based on elevation measured in meters, I know white is the lowest, then red, yellow, green and finally blue I believe. I just thought it was perhaps more than a coincidence that those colors also tend to represent air traffic density --- except white ??? Hmmmmm

 

[4Waters]

Yes, I read it's based on elevation measured in meters, I know white is the lowest, then red, yellow, green and finally blue I believe. I just thought it was perhaps more than a coincidence that those colors also tend to represent air traffic density --- except white ??? Hmmmmm

I think you are correct, at least close

 

[4Waters]

The balloon came down sometime overnight, it was up for a week

 

[Taboma]

The balloon came down sometime overnight, it was up for a week

Hopefully, intentionally

 

[rivermobster]

Grads launched a bunch of balloons with a blow up doll attached, yesterday afternoon.
Shit was hilarious...

I really did LOL at that!

Wonder if it came down yet??

 

[4Waters]

I really did LOL at that!

Wonder if it came down yet??

It would be funny of it landed at Dave's house, comes home and she is in the pool

 

[rivermobster]

It would be funny of it landed at Dave's house, comes home and she is in the pool

Someone is in for a surprise for sure.

 

[Orange Juice]

Hopefully, intentionally

It could have been a dick move?

 

[Taboma]

It could have been a dick move?

I believe I've read that Helium is so molecularly light, it weeps through virtually everything, so when the gas runs out, it's coming down
If not I suppose it could remain aloft indefinitely, baring any collision of course.

 

[Activated]

My buddies wife just sent this to me.
They live in San Jose.