Hobby club’s globe circling balloon successfully intercepted by F-22 last week.
The club’s silver-coated, party-style, “pico balloon” reported its last position on Feb. 10 at 38,910 ft. off the west coast of Alaska, and a popular forecasting tool—the HYSPLIT model provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—projected the cylindrically shaped object would be floating high over the central part of the Yukon Territory on Feb. 11. That is the same day a Lockheed Martin F-22 shot down an unidentified object of a similar description and altitude in the same general area.
"The Alta, the ship was there. I mean that's just such a stupid lie."
The Alta hasn't been used since 2012 and was being scrapped at the time.
Oliver Alexander @OAlexanderDK
Going back to his claim that it was specifically the "M350 Alta" that was used.
This image is from July 24th 2022, when the M350 Alta was at the scrapyard in Hanøytangen just North of Bergen. https://t.co/tfyt08Phk4
