If you can imagine this, you would never believe it! Truth is stranger than fiction! A NORAD blimp has broken loose from its tether and is flying loose over the state of Pennsylvania. Two jets have been scrambled to follow it and to help to control air traffic in the region.
This is a huge blimp with very expensive equipment on board. How the Defense will determine to handle the problem of protecting its interests in securing this blimp is yet to be seen. It is said that it can fly for 30 days and can go as high as 10,000 feet. At present, it is projected to be higher than that.
All I can say is that photographers in the PA area should take advantage of this chance to photograph this blimp for I am sure that news media will be happy to get photos of this very rare phenomena, that of a NORAD blimp flying on its own through the skies. You can bet that professionals are doing their best to locate it.
Personally, I think all low flying craft should be alerted to avoid the skies over Pennsylvania so that the military can somehow solve this serious problem. I can just see the little train that could becoming a hero in capturing this huge vessel. However, I am puzzled as to why it cannot have a system of automatic ground maneuverability should something like this happen. I guess nobody ever suspected that cables could come loose from a tied blimp. It boggles the mind!
Aren't these kind of important research weapons inspected daily? Weekly at best? What the heck is wrong with our government that this makes defense look like a fool? I mean seriously. Aren't those cables so strong that even a hurricane could not make them budge? Obviously not! Maybe some drone had capabilities that nobody could imagine! Thinking of Tomorrowland, the movie! I am shaking my head!
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