StratoCat @stratoballoon: "... using Apple maps I've finally found the location of the alleguedy Chinese balloon launch facility mentioned recently in a WSJ article."

Twitter ^ | Feb 11, 2023 | StratoCat @stratoballoon

[ransomnote]

[H/T Grey_whiskers]

ransomnote: StratoCat was asked for the coordinates and gave the following:

41°46'52.21"N - 111°54'0.43"E

https://twitter.com/stratoballoon/status/1624451493788098563

[texanyankee]

looks like a covid virus

[aculeus]

I hope you get some recognition for this.

(Contacting media wouldn’t hurt.)

[DEPcom]

I am curious to know the frequency that Chinese balloons may employ to transmit data back to China or any other destination. It would not make sense to gather intelligence without a way for it to be returned to the home base.

If only I had my multiple radios turned on during the previous balloon incident.

[acapesket]

Amazing... You are right up there with Buckhead!!!
Mega Kudos!!!

[ransomnote]

Just to clarify, it’s not my work. It’s the work of Tweeter “StratoCat @STRATOBALLOON” cited as the author of this thread. :D

[ransomnote]

I was thinking it might upload to a satellite?

[logi_cal869]

Google Earth:

41° 46’52.21”N, 111° 54’0.43”E

[Sarcazmo]

I was thinking so too.

[Obadiah]

Well done.

(Is that Hunter Biden coming out of that building?)

[Night Hides Not]

Soon to be called “historical documents” when the aliens arrive.

[logi_cal869]

The facility was still under construction when the GE image I’m looking at was taken (May 2019).

Odd that the launch area is a half mile from the support buildings...and I see no above ground storage for gases.

[krogers58]

I am curious to know the frequency that Chinese balloons may employ to transmit data back to China or any other destination. It would not make sense to gather intelligence without a way for it to be returned to the home base.

If only I had my multiple radios turned on during the previous balloon incident.


Why couldn't they be using laser to communicate with a passing satellite? Thwy could be using a bandwidth that is outside of the visible spectrum, and could "burst" data, and shut down until within range of a satellite again.

[TBP]

OK

[gundog]

I would think it was transmitted (encrypted?) by a directional antenna, to an orbiting satellite.

[gundog]

Do the Chinese have “GPS” sats in geosynchronous orbit over North America?

[shalom aleichem]

They just relay it on up to the China satellites overhead which then transmit back to the Middle Kingdom in quick time. One of the boldest and most astonishing moves in spydom history. But it helps when the “leader” is totally owned by China.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Genitalia Tourist Area”?

I think that’s in Amsterdam. Or is it Switzerland?

[Army Air Corps]

China has its own GPS constellation called BeiDou.

[Vaduz]

Satellite parking spot