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Posted on 02/12/2023 9:52:19 AM PST by janetjanet998

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To: grey_whiskers

FREEPER grey_whiskers REPORTS:

“After 12 hours of painstakingly searching, mile after mile, all Inner Mongolia using Apple maps I’ve finally found the location of the alleguedy Chinese balloon launch facility mentioned recently in a WSJ article.

It is located in the Siziwang Banner, 138 km N of Hohhot. “

pic.twitter.com/nmlvl0aSze— StratoCat (@stratoballoon) February 11, 2023


41 posted on 02/12/2023 10:52:32 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: janetjanet998

..deemed not a threat??? So, what was it an ardent Valentine balloon that exscaped a Dollar General store.


42 posted on 02/12/2023 10:55:11 AM PST by mware
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To: Mariner

In March, then?


43 posted on 02/12/2023 11:01:29 AM PST by Old West Conservative
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To: Erik Latranyi

Evidence?


44 posted on 02/12/2023 11:03:00 AM PST by Old West Conservative
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To: wgmalabama

Strap Otto D Pilot into a lawn chair under the balloon bundle, attach a BB gun to him and it can be classified as an armed illegal alien airborne invasion.


45 posted on 02/12/2023 11:42:11 AM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: steve86
The big balloon had propellers

According to whom and how big were they and how fast were they spinning?

They work on Mars!

The craft being flown on Mars is only a 4 lb. drone helicopter. AeroVironment constructed the blades with a Styrofoam-like material coated with carbon fiber and are 4 feet long.

The thin Martian atmosphere requires its specially shaped blades of enlarged size must rotate between 2400 and 2900 rpm, or about 10 times faster than what is needed on Earth.. It is operated by solar-charged batteries that power dual counter-rotating rotors mounted coaxially one above the other and Its longest flight to date has been 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Additionally, The planet's atmospheric density is about 1⁄100 that of Earth's at sea level, or about the same as 87,000 ft, or slightly less than the 68,000 ft. altitude, an altitude never reached by existing helicopters.

So to conclude my argument, your Mars' 4 pound helicopter requires rotors 4 feet long, spinning at 2,400 RPMs to propel it with a solar battery.

How does your propeller theory translate to this 200 foot balloon with an alleged 2,000 lb. payload at an altitude of 68,000 feet and an air density of just over .1 % of the density at sea level?

Propellers need air density to provide thrust, the same way boat motors require water. Without that air density, propellers have little or nothing to pull on.

And if we accept your propeller theory, what kind of fuel propulsion system is turning the propellers? At that altitude, there is very little oxygen to fuel a combustion engine.

I only offer these arguments because nothing about this alleged Chinese spy balloon or the subsequent “Unidentified” craft shot down by the US and their explanations by this administration makes any sense to me.

Thanks for hearing me out.

Go Chiefs!

46 posted on 02/12/2023 12:02:20 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Jim Noble

C’mon, man. Our relationship with China hasn’t altered. I’ve spoken to Xi, and he’s not mad at us yet.


47 posted on 02/12/2023 12:21:32 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Liquid Oxygen, LOX is used. Not simple but easily done.
Carry the Oxygen with you.


48 posted on 02/12/2023 1:02:03 PM PST by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: janetjanet998
they did not know how it was actually staying in the air’

The same way bumblebees do it.

49 posted on 02/12/2023 1:02:03 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: wgmalabama

Cloward-Piven


50 posted on 02/12/2023 1:04:05 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Hot Tabasco

What “propeller theory”? USAF stated repeatedly the large balloon had props and some kind of a rudder.


51 posted on 02/12/2023 1:09:12 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: Jim Noble

It is starting to feel strange.


52 posted on 02/12/2023 1:25:33 PM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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To: dfwgator

Isn’t that the truth!


53 posted on 02/12/2023 1:29:11 PM PST by Karoo
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To: Hot Tabasco

BOL!

Thanks for posting your excellent questions and please ping me when you post any more comments on this so called crises!


54 posted on 02/12/2023 1:40:28 PM PST by Grampa Dave ("What is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?" - Thomas Sowell !!v!!)
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To: dfwgator

What did the Coast to Coast guys mention last night? Was George Noory on?


55 posted on 02/12/2023 2:08:23 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: BatGuano
Liquid Oxygen, LOX is used.

So that's what propelled that balloon? I didn't know that......thanks

Where did you read that?

56 posted on 02/12/2023 3:25:14 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Liquid Oxygen is needed for combustion. Mixed with kerosene,= a lot of thrust.


57 posted on 02/12/2023 3:30:53 PM PST by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: steve86
USAF stated repeatedly the large balloon had props

OK, not going to argue with you.

That's it? Did they cite any proof?.

Go ahead and believe the USAF and this administration but keep in mind that they denied the existence of a Hunter Biden lap top and lied for 4 years about Trump colluding with the Russians.....

And lets not forget that the raid on Benghazi was caused by an anti-Muslim video........

58 posted on 02/12/2023 3:34:09 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: steve86
What “propeller theory”?

See my post #46 which lists my argument. I have no intentions of repeating myself so this conversation is closed.

59 posted on 02/12/2023 3:59:25 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

There is no conversation of which I am aware. I simply proffered a true statement and noted the source.


60 posted on 02/12/2023 5:06:42 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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