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

[Roger Strohmeyer]

Ahh, yes....thanks! They were moving slow and were heading west out over
the Pacific....there was actually 4 of them.

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> -Roger in Sonoma County
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> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Daryll <roadmelter at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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>> High Altitude Balloon.  Probably not moving too fast...
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>> ----- 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
>>>
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