r/flightradar24 • u/TortillasCome0ut Mod - Planespotter ✈️ • Feb 03 '23

Discussion [Megathread] Suspected Chinese Surveillance Balloon flying over the US

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Check out COBRA47 in the vicinity near Kansas City where the latest sightings have been

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Flights I’m tracking

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u/CrabOld Feb 03 '23

COBRA47 now flying near Mark Twain National Forest, according to an OSINT Telegram the balloon was hovering near Whiteman AFB, home of the B-2, about an hour ago.

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u/DecentVanilla Feb 04 '23

Can i join the said telegram?

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u/Asleep-Cap-112 Feb 03 '23

COBRA47 does have an interesting flight path IMO.

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u/ethan_roberts_magic Feb 04 '23

a US weather balloon but says this

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u/Asleep-Cap-112 Feb 04 '23

Looks like COBRA47 went back to Omaha and is not heading right back to the area it left in southeast Missouri.

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u/Jaded-Tie-6200 Feb 04 '23

It’s in Northwestern Tennessee right now

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

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u/TFS_Player_2161 Feb 04 '23

It’s registered in the US

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u/ilikekoreanairtomuch Planespotter 📷 Feb 04 '23

My dad flew by it

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

What did he say it looked like?

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u/ilikekoreanairtomuch Planespotter 📷 Feb 04 '23

No he just flew by it, there is a picture out on twitter tho