[Scan-DC] JLENS Broke Free from Tether
Scott, KB3JQQ
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Wed Oct 28 14:24:55 EDT 2015
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From: Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
Sounds like a serious screw-up.
When I flew back to DCA from Boston a couple of months ago, we flew past these. There were two flying over Aberdeen. Cool to see from a plane. I couldn't grab my camera fast enough to get a picture.
> From: kmlsubscription at gmail.com
>
> JLENS blimp broke free apparently from the tether cable at APG around 1pm.
> Fighter jets monitoring it over PA at last report. Was supposed to be able
> to survive a 100mph wind gust. Can't imagine they want the public getting
> close to a sensitive piece of equipment like this.
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