West of Mpls MN about 50 miles on Hwy 12 | Has the media ever covered the launching of weather balloons?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_balloon#:~:text=payload%20into...
Weather balloons are launched around the world for observations used to diagnose current conditions as well as by human forecasters and computer models for weather forecasting. Between 900 and 1,300 locations around the globe do routine releases, two or four times daily, usually at 0000 UTC and 1200 UTC.[1][2][3][4] Some facilities will also do occasional supplementary special releases when meteorologists determine there is a need for additional data between the 12-hour routine launches in which time much can change in the atmosphere. Military and civilian government meteorological agencies such as the National Weather Service in the US typically launch balloons, and by international agreements almost all the data are shared with all nations.
As another forum user stated, maybe Aerostar is doing some testing from their location in Sioux Falls?
https://aerostar.com/products/balloons-airships
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Edited by CMN 7/17/2024 09:26
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Chinese balloon attack. /s
