The Air Force May Have Actually Shot Down a Wholesome Ham Radio Balloon. Well, that’s awkward. By Sascha Brodsky Published: Feb 17, 2023 10:27 AM EST. Gwenvidig // Getty Images.

An amateur's project was likely targeted on Feb. 11. It already appears that at least some innocent balloons have been blown out of the sky. President Biden said late last week that three objects ...

A local amateur radio operator sheds light on what could be one of the unidentified objects shot down over U.S. airspace.An Illinois club says its balloon disappeared after being recorded in ...

An F-22 Raptor shot down an airborne object last Saturday, in an incident that could be linked to a balloon put into the sky by a hobby club. U.S. officials say they're still investigating.

20 years ago Friday a Smokey Bear hot air balloon slammed into a radio tower near Balloon Fiesta Park. This group of towers where one collapsed on Friday morning after a balloon strike.

A hot air balloon hit a KKOB radio tower sometime after 9 a.m. at 10511 Second Street NW. It was able to keep flying and no one was injured.

But the hobbyist club's members are warning that while their balloon, whose radio callsign is K9YO-15, is missing in action, it's too soon to say whether it was shot down by a warplane.

An F-22 Raptor shot down an airborne object last Saturday, in an incident that could be linked to a balloon put into the sky by a hobby club. U.S. officials say they're still investigating.

Did a superpower showdown provoke the U.S. into using a fighter jet to shoot down a hobbyist group’s research balloon in Canada? That’s the question the public — and the FBI — wants to ...

Did a superpower showdown provoke the U.S. into using a fighter jet to shoot down a hobbyist group's research balloon in Canada? That's the question the public — and the FBI — wants to answer ...