It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon (arstechnica.com)

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[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Well, now we KNOW it was aliens.

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 10 points 1 month ago

Hilarious that Scott Manley was one of the first to figure it out.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

Fly safe!

[-] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Sucks that the US shut down much of it's more modern weather infrastructure via the DOGE initiative so these kinds of things are necessary. Can't let modern weather radars and satellites prove climate change.

[-] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago

The return of the weather balloons!

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

The Weather Balloons Strike Back

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

swamp gas is up next

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 1 month ago

Like the one in Roswell?

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