Just wondering if anyone is tracking the china balloon in Montana. Nothing on ADSBExchange.com. There may be no transponder on the balloon. I don’t think I can track it from here in NW Florida.
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It is shown on Flightradar24, altitude 63300 ft, but don’t know source of feeds.
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That’s not the same balloon FR24
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It’s not trackable. That’s why it pinged NORADs interest. UFO initially.
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Found this on Reddit.com in their r/adsb forum:
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
Not sure if this is actually where the balloon is, but those are likely to be tracking and listening planes. Ex-USAF myself.
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Chinese spy balloon – live: US shoots down balloon off Carolina coast and begins to recover debris
4 mins ago
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Seems to me that if this was an innocent attempt to gather scientific data, the owners of this aircraft would have filed something of a flight plan before the fact, to let everyone know what its purpose was. 
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China has satellites equipped with powerful cameras and survilence euipment on board, orbiting the earth. Why would they use balloon for spying?
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Same could be asked why they need not one, but now 2 weather balloons with self distruct mechanisms over other countries and south America without notifying airspace administrations or dealing to them before getting into strife.
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FEBRUARY 16, 2023:
RTL-SDR.COM - THE US AIR FORCE MAY HAVE SHOT DOWN AN AMATEUR RADIO PICO BALLOON OVER CANADA
Yup, the $10 - $15 balloon was shot down by a $400,000 air-to-air missile. Our Taxes at work.
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