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Posted by John Davis on February 23, 2023 at 22:40:16.

In media feeding frenzies (from all sides) the first thing to get lost is a sense of perspective. Remember our earlier discussions of WSPR being used to track ham balloons? It's one thing to shoot down a spy-bus-in-the-sky, another to shoot $400,000 missiles at $120 hobby balloons...and sometimes miss...then have late-night comedians spreading rumors about space aliens for good (bad?) measure, too.

Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF
aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf

Thanks to WA6NGC for passing along this item.

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