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Mysterious high-altitude balloons spark surveillance concerns across U.S.

October 20, 2025 -

Americans are once again looking skyward with unease as unidentified high-altitude balloons drift silently over multiple states, reigniting fears of foreign surveillance and government secrecy. Reports from Colorado, Arizona and Alabama describe white objects hovering far above commercial airspace, eerily reminiscent of the 2023 Chinese spy balloon incident that triggered national alarm before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina.

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Toxic BALLOONS sold online expose children to cancer-causing chemicals

December 14, 2025 -

Everyday party balloons purchased from major online marketplaces like eBay, Amazon and AliExpress have been found to contain dangerous levels of carcinogenic chemicals – some exceeding legal limits by up to six times.

An investigation by British consumer watchdog Which? uncovered the dangers posed by these seemingly harmless products, often marketed to children and party planners, can bring. These balloons release toxic nitrosamines ...

China tested dropping hypersonic missiles from balloons in 2018: Report

February 09, 2023 - balloons in the past, that isn’t a likely use for these airships,” Crespo told The Epoch Times via email. “The biggest threat is sending one or more of these high altitude balloons over the U.S. with a small nuclear EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) device.”

“Detonated at extremely high altitude, they could knock out power and communications across the US, wreaking widespread havoc for a year or more without firing a shot on the ground," the defense expert ...

Jason Bermas: Chinese spy balloons part of an integrated global satellite network

February 20, 2023 - balloons, satellites

"Now, what these balloons are [is that they] actually are an integrated global satellite network," Bermas remarked. In response, Morgan mentioned that other world powers have the means to launch such aircraft.

Bermas said balloons and satellites, such as the one recently shot down, travel from Asia to America and throughout the Arctic circle. Aside from tracking airspace, these satellites also track waterways wherever they ...

Terrifying: Chinese ‘spy balloons’ seen as dry run for nuclear EMP attack

February 06, 2023 -

"High-altitude balloons, such as the one China has floated over mountain state military bases this week, are considered a key 'delivery platform' for secret nuclear strikes on America’s electric grid, according to intelligence officials," the Washington Examiner reported. "Spy balloons, used by Japan to drop bombs during World War II, are now far more sophisticated, can fly at up to 200,000 feet, evade detection, and can carry a small nuclear bomb that, if ...

New evidence reveals Chinese spy balloons are also flying over Japan and Taiwan

June 28, 2023 -

The BBC, in collaboration with artificial intelligence company Synthetaic, analyzed extensive satellite data and uncovered multiple images of balloons traveling all over East Asia, dating as far back as September 2021.

This joint search also revealed that a Chinese spy balloon may have flown over Taiwan this very month.

The BBC Panorama team found two photos taken by Taiwan's weather service showing a balloon flying over Taipei from 2021. Synthetaic Founder ...

Two Chinese balloons spotted flying over Taiwan ahead of the island nation’s presidential election

December 26, 2023 -

The balloons traveled from China and over the Taiwan Strait on Dec. 17, and made a course to the north of the island nation, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said, as reported by ABC News. The ministry said the balloons reached an altitude of 27,000 feet, went east and disappeared at 9:36 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. local time.

Another Chinese balloon passed southwest of Keelung on Dec. 7.

China has flown these balloons over the U.S., Europe, South ...

U.S. military begins testing flying surveillance balloons across the country to TRACK people’s movements

September 13, 2020 -

The U.S. military has been testing balloons that can spy on people and track their movement. According to documents filed with the FCC, the balloons can hover at 65,000 feet. Last year, they were tested in states like Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota.

The tests were carried out by U.S. Southern Command, or Southcom, which is part of the Department of Defense and is responsible for intelligence operations, security cooperation ...

Not to be a party pooper, but your birthday balloons are killing marine life

July 17, 2019 -

Experts are warning about the dangers of balloons, which are made of soft plastic that is easily swallowed by birds and other marine life who mistake the floating fragments of balloons for food. Because it’s so soft compared to other types of plastic, it’s more likely to become compacted and create blockages.

In a study that was published in the journal Scientific Reports, scientists from the University of Tasmania discovered that when a sea bird ingests ...

Environmental activists compile images of McDonald’s balloons washing up on coastlines around the world

July 21, 2018 -

For Joel Hourston, the 52-year-old founder of the group, it's an uphill battle: The groups have been met with resistance, despite their claims that balloons could be more damaging than other types of plastic waste. The images that the group has collected revealed the extent of the damage: Balloons from McDonald's branches in the U.K. have spread to the North Sea, with others pollution distant coastlines in Belgium and Germany. To date, the group now has 300 photographs ...

“Spy balloons” are part of global Chinese surveillance, US military and national security officials say

February 14, 2023 -

China claimed that it was just a "weather balloon," but according to a Department of State official who requested anonymity, it was "capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations." (Related: Communist China admits to flying spy balloon over military sites.)

"The high altitude balloon's equipment was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment onboard weather balloons," the official said in a written statement....

Man faces five years in prison for releasing balloons on beach as a romantic gesture

March 13, 2013 - Man faces five years in prison for releasing balloons on beach as a romantic gesture

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by: J. D. HeyesTags: balloons, romance, prison time

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Pentagon admits three ‘mystery objects’ blown out of the sky were nothing but balloons, not ‘aliens’

February 15, 2023 -

What's more, defense officials also said that the balloons in question may even have served some commercial purposes and not for spying. Specifically, the intelligence community believes the objects, which differed greatly from the giant Chinese spy balloon Joe Biden finally ordered shot down after it crossed the length of the country on Feb. 4, "could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby ...

Regulation gone wild: European children to be prohibited from blowing up balloons, playing with party whistles

October 14, 2011 - Regulation gone wild: European children to be prohibited from blowing up balloons, playing with party whistles

Friday, October 14, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writerTags: children, safety regulations, health news

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CCP has been creating spy balloons for YEARS out of a heavily guarded naval base in southern China

February 10, 2023 - balloons that have flown over U.S. territory.

"This is what we assess as part of a larger Chinese surveillance balloon program,"  Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. "This is a program that's been operated for several years."

Analysts are still uncertain just how large China's spy balloon fleet is. But one U.S. official who spoke with reporters suggests there have been "dozens" of espionage flights conducted since 2018.

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Threat of EMP attack on U.S. detailed in 2013 – a decade before Chinese ‘spy’ balloons that could deliver EMP weapon spotted over U.S.

February 07, 2023 - balloons are very stealthy. And late last week, the Washington Examiner reported that they could be used to ferry an EMP device over the U.S. to be detonated during a time of war, or possibly to start a war.

"High-altitude balloons, such as the one China has floated over mountain state military bases this week, are considered a key 'delivery platform' for secret nuclear strikes on America’s electric grid, according to intelligence officials," the report ...

Object shot down by Air Force in Canada with $400,000 missile may have been a $12 hobby balloon

February 24, 2023 -

According to the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade, one of its pico balloons went missing as it was flying north. A pico balloon is a small balloon used for measuring temperature, pressure and humidity. (Related: US fighter jet takes down THIRD high-altitude airborne object in Canada.)

There is very strong evidence to suggest that the hobby group's balloon is the object shot down by an Air Force F-22 fighter jet with a Sidewinder missile on Feb. 11 ...

Ben Armstrong: China’s balloon launch over Taiwan is a DISTRACTION for surprise attack on America

January 16, 2024 -

"China is looking to possibly launch now 10,000 military balloons … over Taiwan. This is, again, more aggressive action from China pointing toward war," he said during a recent episode of "The Ben Armstrong Show."

"If they do that to Taiwan, it would be pointing toward war with America. Anything against Taiwan would provoke war with America. I keep saying: If you look at what they're really doing with their five-point plan, Taiwan is a distraction."

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Did Pentagon shoot down $12 balloon with $400,000 missile

February 23, 2023 -

(Article republished from GreatGameIndia.com)

Inquiries about whether one of the unexplained objects the Pentagon fired down off the coast of Alaska earlier this month was a $12 hobby balloon are being met with obstinate denials from the Pentagon.

Last week, after a group devoted to the pastime, reported one of its balloons “missing in action” above Alaska, speculation that the unidentified aerial item the administration shot down earlier this ...