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Officer A. Sir, we have 95 red balloons left. Shall we let them go together this time? Officer B. Hmm, no, let's see how long we can drag out the opening of WW3

A Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without having coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration about potential risks to civilian flights prompted Wednesday's unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, Texas...

A balloon! A U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that the U.S. military earlier this week shot down what was later determined to be a party balloon near El Paso, Texas, after initially assessing it as a possible foreign drone. The...

This article in the Texas Tribune makes it sound like a spat between the DOD and the FAA: An industry official, who had been briefed on the matter by the FAA in a morning call and asked not to be identified, told the Tribune that the Defense...

Speculating, but maybe the DoD were using signals countermeasures to take down cartel drones. 10 days for the initial notice seems excessive given it was quickly lifted but if the Pentagon couldn't be specific about what they were doing then the...

Look like it might being lifted. "The Latest: FAA lifts temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas" https://uk.news.yahoo.com/latest-faa-lifts-temporary-closure-142450098.html Editing to add: The New York Times is reporting the lifting...

Officer A. Sir, we have 95 red balloons left. Shall we let them go together this time? Officer B. Hmm, no, let's see how long we can drag out the opening of WW3

So, going back to post #46, why do we not see the classic raster lines that result from recording a CRT? Were they using various frame rates on the recording device until the usual raster lines resolved or got replaced by these faint echos of...

One last puzzle. Here's the first frame of the zip-off It looks like there's no motion in the background. Is this the object moving before the camera moves? No. Notice that not only is the background not moving, but none of the lower numbers...

Fixed! Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQAIVXGsgnI Early track isn't perfect, but it all looks a lot better than before. I added a HD overlay from Apple Maps at the end.

you bolded the info in your comment #15. They did act swiftly to address what they thought was a cartel drone invasion. we will have to agree to disagree on the interpretation.

I have figured it out! It was NOT the right place, this is. The UI is using a fixed elevation of 1725 feet instead of a DEM (digital elevation model). So the target ground track is at 1725 feet, which is actually underground. And the altitude...

Officer A. Sir, we have 95 red balloons left. Shall we let them go together this time? Officer B. Hmm, no, let's see how long we can drag out the opening of WW3

The one you posted. That the shutdown was because of a cartel drone incursion. Source: https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/2021594420806639787

A Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without having coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration about potential risks to civilian flights prompted Wednesday's unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, Texas...