blahbleh112233 t1_j71hs8c wrote on February 3, 2023 at 11:59 AM

Reply to comment by Faelwolf in U.S. tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon but won't shoot it down by Nofux2giv

Or it could just be a science balloon. Unless they're launching these things en masse, they're gonna learn like that japanese did in WWII that trusting wind patterns isn't the most effective thing

Faelwolf t1_j73yof1 wrote on February 3, 2023 at 10:10 PM

The image shown matches a scientific device quite well, especially the balloon itself is typical US Meteorological Service. The path it's taken has me thinking it may have originated in Alaska, where the USMS has a major facility. Could also be Canadian, but I'm not familiar with their programs.