[Scan-DC] JLENS Broke Free from Tether

Scott, KB3JQQ kb3jqq at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 28 14:24:55 EDT 2015


http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/10/28/report-military-blimp-came-off-tether/ == 

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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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