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    From Rob Mccart@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MIKE POWELL on Tue Feb 7 01:11:00 2023
    The Pentagon also says it was a spy balloon. What would be ironic would be
    >if it really was some sort of weather balloon that was being tested to see
    >if it would make it all the way back to China after circling the globe. I
    >doubt that is the case but it would be ironic.

    They were saying today that a similar one was spotted over South America as well. They had photos on the news, not nearly as pretty as the US photos
    of 'theirs', but I haven't heard if that second one has been shot down or
    not yet. It appears it was the USA who first spotted that one and
    apparently China has admitted that it is theirs too.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to ROB MCCART on Tue Feb 7 16:23:00 2023
    They were saying today that a similar one was spotted over South America as well. They had photos on the news, not nearly as pretty as the US photos
    of 'theirs', but I haven't heard if that second one has been shot down or
    not yet. It appears it was the USA who first spotted that one and
    apparently China has admitted that it is theirs too.

    I wondered about that. Since (I think!) the jet stream south of the
    Equator moves East to West, I wonder how it got there and where it was
    launched from?


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