James Farrell is a breaking news reporter on the Forbes news team. A mysterious high-altitude balloon that U.S. officials were tracking over the Rocky Mountains on Friday was a “likely hobby ...

U.S. officials are tracking a high-altitude balloon floating over the Rocky Mountains, officials said Friday afternoon, just over a year after U.S. Air Force fighter jets shot down a suspected ...

US airspace is no stranger to voluminous, slow-moving objects. High-altitude balloons are used for a vast array of authorized purposes in the public and private sectors, such as monitoring the ...

The mysterious high-altitude balloon spotted soaring the Western US Friday was simply a hobbyist device and has already left American airspace, according to a report. Federal investigators tracked ...

The object in the sky is a high-altitude balloon launched by World View. Sign up for our Newsletters The balloon is part of the company's Stratolite balloon system. The balloon is filled with ...

The Army is simulating high-altitude balloon flights in Japan this month as part of a plan to expand intelligence gathering in the Indo-Pacific region. The 1st Multi-Domain Effects Battalion ...