Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. There has been a fresh wave of balloon sightings across several ...

A balloon intercepted by fighter aircraft over Utah on Friday was a "likely hobby balloon" and has since left United States airspace, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Saturday ...

BALLOONING: Near Space Corp. (NSC) is to begin construction this spring on a $6.9 million, 31,000-sq.-ft. commercial high-altitude balloon launch facility at its home base of Tillamook, Ore. NSC is ...

On Tuesday, people in Southcentral Alaska may have noticed an unusual sight in the sky: a large white and silver balloon, carrying an unidentified payload. It wasn’t a repeat of 2023, when an unmanned ...

Many in New Mexico spotted a strange object in the sky on Tuesday morning. The object in the sky is a high-altitude balloon launched by World View. The balloon is part of the company's Stratolite ...

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A balloon attracted the attention of the public Friday while flying near Denver. The large, white balloon was spotted flying at high altitude near Longmont Friday morning. The ...

Jennifer McRae is a digital media producer for CBS Colorado with more than 25 years of experience in news. Jennifer is part of the digital team recognized for excellence for Best Website several times ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado is no stranger to strange objects floating or flying across the sky (remember “Balloon Boy” from October 2009?), and many residents wanted answers for a strange balloon seen ...

It’s pretty easy to take a balloon, fill it up with helium, and send it up in to the upper atmosphere. It’s much harder to keep track of it and recover it when it falls back to Earth. If you’re trying ...