<div dir="auto">Jeff, you are right.<div dir="auto"><a href="https://ktvz.com/top-stories/2021/04/15/high-altitude-balloon-in-nasa-test-soars-aloft-from-madras-airport/">https://ktvz.com/top-stories/2021/04/15/high-altitude-balloon-in-nasa-test-soars-aloft-from-madras-airport/</a><br></div><div dir="auto">Kent AF7QO</div><div dir="auto"> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 13:36 Jeff Moore <<a href="mailto:tnetcenter@gmail.com">tnetcenter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I suspect that those balloons are not amateur projects especially if they are being tracked via FAA assets.   Very likely experimental payloads of some sort for high altitude near space research.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff Moore  --  KE7ACY</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:33 AM Ray Spreier <<a href="mailto:rspreier@bunkai.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rspreier@bunkai.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">For those who might be interested.<br>
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Looks like a couple of balloons launched this morning from Madras S33 by <br>
"FAA OFC OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION AST-300". ADS-B showing <br>
N451FQ and N448FQ at 85,000 MSL and 36 mph as of 0728 over Crooked River <br>
Ranch area.<br>
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When you see a couple of objects on your ADS-B screen at 80,000+ and 35 <br>
mph, it's good for a wt..? moment.  They are already closing in on 90,000.<br>
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73 de ray kg7av<br>
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