coolmacguy
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LMAO!
And people were nominating you to be moderator of this forum!
That is when they are on the ground.
You will never find a picture of 11 balloons in the sky as close together as these objects are. It would be far to dangerous. A slight wind shift and a disastrous collision could occur.
No one in their right mind would fly a balloon (or any aircraft for that matter) in a 250mph wind.
Even if they did, the video of these objects is not consistent with that. You clearly see an ordered, smooth line of flight, not a balloon blowing about wildly in the wind.
You do not seem to be grasping this point.
There is NO balloon in existence that will show up on an infrared camera yet be invisible to the naked eye.
You don't seem to understand the current state of aerospace technologies very well. There are materials that can make objects invisible to radar (such was not used here as these objects were detected by the plane's radar). There does not exist any technology that can make any flying object totally invisible to sight, in effect radiating no energy as visible light.
Oh my God, can you be any more ignorant?
Military pilots receive extensive training on EVERYTHING that is in the sky. Weather balloons, passenger balloons, all manner of aircraft, meteors, atmospheric anomalies, earth lights, missiles and rockets, everything. They are not trained to fly them, but they most certainly know of their existence. You never know what you might encounter during an important flight. They would also be very familiar with wind conditions that might be encountered during flights, including jet streams. Do some basic research next time before spouting such woefully uninformed nonsense.
And people were nominating you to be moderator of this forum!
Stryderunknown said:1: Balloons launch together in fields during festivals, if you don't believe me check the images or go to one of the many balloon festivals around the country. Which you should do to see the many verious shapes and varieties, perhaps even talk to balloonists that might tell you some stories you want to hear.
That is when they are on the ground.
You will never find a picture of 11 balloons in the sky as close together as these objects are. It would be far to dangerous. A slight wind shift and a disastrous collision could occur.
Stryderunknown said:As for speed, it's not about what propulsion system uses, it's about what altitude it travels to and what velocity the wind is at that altitude. notibly at high altitudes it's fast and speeds can get
Checkout "Jet Stream" (Covers 250mph winds)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream
No one in their right mind would fly a balloon (or any aircraft for that matter) in a 250mph wind.
Even if they did, the video of these objects is not consistent with that. You clearly see an ordered, smooth line of flight, not a balloon blowing about wildly in the wind.
Stryderunknown said:3: A balloon filled with heated air or gas (or helium) is going to cause alterations in the Infrared readout.
You do not seem to be grasping this point.
There is NO balloon in existence that will show up on an infrared camera yet be invisible to the naked eye.
Stryderunknown said:the balloons are going to be tricked(fitted) out to be unseen by surveillance equipment like Radar or plain spotting by eye. (namely black material and potentially a stealth pod)
You don't seem to understand the current state of aerospace technologies very well. There are materials that can make objects invisible to radar (such was not used here as these objects were detected by the plane's radar). There does not exist any technology that can make any flying object totally invisible to sight, in effect radiating no energy as visible light.
Stryderunknown said:5: Trained pilots are trained to fly aircraft, that doesn't make them know about everything that flies in the sky. They should have known about "Jet Streams" but they might have only been taught to fly and not about such things.
Oh my God, can you be any more ignorant?
Military pilots receive extensive training on EVERYTHING that is in the sky. Weather balloons, passenger balloons, all manner of aircraft, meteors, atmospheric anomalies, earth lights, missiles and rockets, everything. They are not trained to fly them, but they most certainly know of their existence. You never know what you might encounter during an important flight. They would also be very familiar with wind conditions that might be encountered during flights, including jet streams. Do some basic research next time before spouting such woefully uninformed nonsense.