posted on Apr, 16 2011 @ 11:19 PM
reply to post by IndieA
45 minutes. Thats how long they hung over NYC. Some say even longer than that. They were supposedly released from a class and then chose to hover over
a particular location for close to an hour. There were military personnel on the ground and even NORAD was supposedly fooled by these things. Thats
pretty interesting for a group of mylar balloons, especially given the fact that they all hung out there together even though they were released
individually and not joined by a common string. But honestly...thats another thread. As for the lights in the OP...*shrugs*...my only point was that
its funny how there seems to always be a group ready to take credit for any mass sightings. Maybe they DID do it. I have lost nothing either way. I
just dont feel like I need to immediately swallow a lantern just because. Just like I dont immediately have to start proclaiming that our
intergalactic brethren have landed.
And yes I have kept helium balloons for a length of time. No way they are gonna continually float over sky scrapers once the helium gets lower than a
certain point.
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interesting info about balloons:
Released helium balloons explode at a height of about 28,000 - 30,000 ft. 2 studies prove that. One by Don Burchette, inventor of Hi-Float and winner
of the crystal award, and another financed by the Danish Department of Aviation and translated by Don Gebhard.
How far can a balloon travel before it bursts? According to Totex Corp. (one of the world's largest makers of weather balloons) the rate of ascent for
a large balloons is 320 meters per minute or 17.5 ft. per second. A large balloon released at sea level would reach it's bursting height in 26
minutes. The rest is up to wind currents. Treb Heining has released over 1.4 million balloons at once. Millions are released each year in the US. The
National Weather Service releases 50,000 five foot diameter balloons each year.
www.balloonhq.com...edit on 16-4-2011 by irsuccubus because: (no reason given)