[MilCom] OT: I have 3 aircraft on my dongle with the "HIBAL" call-sign and all are pushing 70, 000 feet

[Daryll]

High Altitude Balloon.  Probably not moving too fast...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Strohmeyer" <roger.stroh at gmail.com>
To: "MILCOM" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 2:47 AM
Subject: [MilCom] OT: I have 3 aircraft on my dongle with the "HIBAL" 
call-sign and all are pushing 70, 000 feet


> Hi all,
>
> I have 3 aircraft with strange ICAO numbers like 777772 (Sri Lanka?) and
> all 3 have the HIBAL call-sign. All 3 are at about 67,000 feet....which is
> odd because the "ceiling" is usually 60,000
>
> Anybody know who these guys are?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Roger