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Balloon Runs Awry

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday August 29, 1998 @07:27AM from the somebody-is-gonna-pay-for-this-one dept.

Tsu writes "A 50-story tall Canadian Research balloon that was supposed to land near my house lost contact with it's ground control and has drifted over the Atlantic and apparently poses a risk to aircraft. It was over my house four days ago... I guess somebody goofed. "

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