The ‘UFO’ Shot Down in Canada, a Northern Illinois Hobby Club Balloon. OMG.

The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade is missing a balloon, and I think they figured out what happened to it. NIBBB

OK so let's rewind to Feb 11th 2023. An F-22 received orders to shoot down that was floating high about Canada's Yukon. With this whole Chinese spy balloon thing, um yes...Get it please and thank you. They did and now comes word that there is a Northern Illinois Hobby Club that can't find their balloon FORBES

Listen nerds, just don't. I bet it was fun and you enjoyed your flight, hobby, whatever...But with what we are dealing with, maybe not the right time to launch your balloon.

The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade spoke with Aviation Week, which says the circumstantial evidence is strong that it was their balloon shot down by NORAD - Forbes

I wonder if they have jackets with patches, or a secret handshake...or something?

“I tried contacting our military and the FBI and just got the runaround to try to enlighten them on what a lot of these things probably are. And they’re going to look not too intelligent to be shooting them down,” - Ron Meadows, founder of Scientific Balloon Solutions

 

Those fighting words, Ronnie? I wouldn't if I was you...just...don't.

So there's this. The balloon probably belonged to these fellas:

Sorry guys, maybe during a time when the country is a little paranoid...Play checkers or something, TikToks maybe...Anything but THIS.