The rumor is that this pilot most likely from a base in Virginia Beach is at an altitude approximately 35k feet which would not support an inflated standard party balloon. This is supposedly the cube UAP that have been sited off of the east coast for years. Some cubes are reported to be enclosed in a transparent sphere. They also have another classified photo of a triangular craft coming out of the ocean and flying up at a 90 deg angle.
It’s actually a pilot from Strike Fighter Squadron 32 (VFA-32)
I am thinking of a photo shot from the airplane that gets used to photo shop one’s birthday balloon taken from the backyard.
And the crew rejected categorically it was any sort of a balloon, saying it didn’t move with air currents.
“The rumor is...”
That’s as good as it gets!