Wind blasts dislodged the aircraft from its moorings in South Padre. The blimp drifted all the way to the Dallas area, where it crashed into power lines.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO) aerostat was found more than 600 miles away from where it originally broke free. On
The wind caused the blimp to break free from its tether in South Padre Island. CBP officials lost contact with the blimp shortly after it broke free, officials said, until it was found by Quinlan Texas Fire and Rescue in Hunt County, about 30 miles east of Dallas.
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The giant surveillance balloon broke free after ‘a severe wind event’ uplifted it from South Padre Island, Texas, all the way to a small town in Dallas
Argos,” a surveillance blimp operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection went out of control, snapped its tether line and floated away Monday.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has identified a mysterious balloon that fell from the sky in North Texas.
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FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth on MSNBorder Patrol identifies strange object that fell from sky in North TexasU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has claimed an object that people from Quinlan say fell from the sky on Tuesday night.
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KVEO Brownsville on MSNReport: Blimp found 600 miles from SPI, near DallasAn Air and Marine Operations (AMO) aerostat was found more than 600 miles away from where it originally broke free. On Monday, AMO announced that it
Giant Border Protection blimp crashes in Texas after escaping during high winds, traveling 400 miles
A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) aircraft used to monitor the border in Texas snapped loose and traveled hundreds of miles north after high winds blasted the area Tuesday.
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