Frantic chase by f16 fighter jets. It was heading for heavily populated new england when it lost control and wreaked havoc on a pennsylvania town and cutting power lines to 30,000 people. The military kobt shoot the nearly 200 million blimp down out of fear the 7,000 pound air ship would have exploded. It landed successfully this evening. You can see it there. That was, let me say it again, nearly 200 million. Loaded with highpowered radar designed to protect the east coast of the United States from enemy missile attacks. Reporter a hightech military blimp tethered to the ground at an air base in maryland drifted away uncontrolled. Norad jay lens is a highly sophisticated aircraft. It heliumfilled blimp uses radar that can track missiles and aircraft for up to 340 miles away in any direction. It slipped from the moorings just before noon and began a slow drift north over pennsylvania. Two f16 fighter jets from a National Guard station in new jersey scrambled to clear the way for commer