He captured this video and for a time, two f16 fighter jets had to find the blimp as it travelerred at 16,000 feet and ton manned aircraft start to drift lower. People staal started calling 911. Who wonder what the blimp is used for. Theyre use in iraq and afghanistan for surveillance. The heliumfilled blimp part of a 2. 7 billion project by the pentagon called the joint land attack Cruise Missile defense elevated net senting system or j. A. L. E. N. S. They didnt know whether they should shoot it down and has classified and sensitive material on board. It could be dangerous if it came down in an area populated by lots of people. Were learning the blimp started to deflate and came down on its own. Cbs news david martin said National Guard helicopters had to scramble to secure is crash site and all the technology on board. Its part of a pair and you can bet the other blimp is ground. No one was hurt as far as we know but there will be a huge investigation to how this could have possibly
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