4th grader discovers NWS weather balloon in Terre Haute

Lucas, a 4th grader at Sugar Creek Consolidated Elementary school, found a National Weather Service Weather Balloon in a tree ...

I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.

“I can’t help but notice we are in a Whole Foods,” I tell a Whole Foods employee who—perhaps having noticed me walking around ...
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Weather balloon funding cuts may have impact on forecasting over Great Lakes

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is dealing with the impacts of funding cuts from the Trump administration ...

The military once considered using balloons as nuclear weapons systems

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...

Balloon Museum launches student art contest for Route 66 exhibit

The Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum is inviting students to submit artwork to be part of a special ...
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Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network that smuggled cigarettes using specially equipped weather balloons from ...
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Lithuania declares national emergency over security risks posed by balloons from Belarus

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its ...
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Lithuania arrests 21 during investigation into balloon smuggling ring that closed airport

Lithuanian authorities have arrested 21 individuals linked to a criminal network that allegedly smuggled cigarettes from Russia-allied Belarus using specially equipped weather balloons. These balloons ...