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UFO's above KC tonight.

Old 21st Jun 2019, 01:33
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UFO's above KC tonight.

This tweet from National Weather Service not able to identify the objects in the sky.

twitter.com/NWSKansasCity/status/1141873222373167104?s=09

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Old 21st Jun 2019, 01:49
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Looks like they are balloons N251TH at FL790 and N260TH at FL703.


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Old 21st Jun 2019, 02:13
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Yep. Tv station said they are google balloons. Not sure what they testing. But must pretty damn big to be seen at 79,009 feet.
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Read more at the Google Project Loon website: https://loon.com/
Basically, providing connectivity to the internet for remote areas.

Here in Australian we are seeing more and more of these over the outback.
Active in South America also.
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