People have spotted two white objects floating above Kansas City.
And NWS KansasCity tweeted: Sorry, but we honestly have no explanation for the two floating objects over Kansas City:
We honestly have no explanation for the floating objects over Kansas City.
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) June 21, 2019
Kansas Citians had their eyes to the sky Thursday evening, trying to get a glimpse of two mysterious white, spherical objects floating over the city just before 8 p.m.
The two mysterious floating orbs have been photographed by people across the city.
❓ We've taken several calls in our newsroom about these two orbs spotted in the Kansas City sky tonight. This picture was taken near KCI Airport. @NWSKansasCity pic.twitter.com/fz4kGTIk1h
— KMBC (@kmbc) June 21, 2019
Several people who spotted the objects thought they could be weather balloons.
“Not from any National Weather Service office, at least,” NWS Kansas City answered in a Tweet, and thus dismissing the possible explanation.
Not from any NWS office, at least… had a similar report from Kearney, but weather balloons move and apparently these are stationary. Not sure what they are!
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) June 21, 2019
“Had a similar report from Kearney, but weather balloons move and apparently these are stationary. Not sure what they are!“
I looked through my telescope and saw 2 jellyfish looking balloons like these fully expanded #UFO pic.twitter.com/LlgOt5kNlD
— Jimmy G (@jgorham86) June 21, 2019
So what are they?
Later on, people leaped to a better answer.
Closer shots do make them look a bit balloony.
Here's the best look we could get with our cameras. @kmbc pic.twitter.com/GQQRsVdhmg
— William Joy (@WilliamKMBC) June 21, 2019
People suggested they were Google Loon balloons, high-altitude balloons that will be used to provide Internet access to remote rural areas.
Items in the sky over KC are @Google @GoogleLoon Balloons.
— James Hyde (@wxmeddler) June 21, 2019
They are up above 70 kft but they are so large, that you can see them.@NWSKansasCity @kmbc #kswx #mowx pic.twitter.com/6E3gMyKt5n
But Google too denied they had been launched by them.
DARPA
But, like with a lot of UFO sightings, it did turn out to be a kind of balloon, just from a slightly different organization. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), themselves the subject of some mystery, confirmed to KMBC that they were likely some of their balloons in test flight, rather than translucent alien spacecraft.
#NEW: You can relax now! @DARPA spokesperson tells me given the position, it is likely one of their balloons in test flight. (@kmbc) https://t.co/pEQSeyNE9k
— William Joy (@WilliamKMBC) June 21, 2019
These mysterious orbs floating over Kansas City were some mysterious balloon tests from DARPA, also known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a mysterious agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
the UFOs ….. they never existed
Good !
I dont check ufo news since yeara. but even i discovered on daily life portals too and in news that they are dripping frequently tho get the sense of unaccepteble to be acceptable.
in this intended extinct earthdays, i find this refreshing a little and let many people to new directions. hopefully not only to the badly and false lived ‘carpe diem’ lifestyle. because that is mainstream state of mind and have a big pulling power for those who are not brave or too proud.
but i could believe that this is a balloon.