About 50 people gathered at 3:30pm today at the scene with balloons and flowers, and the mood Our reporter said he expects it to get even busier towards 5pm when a balloon release is set to take place.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/yardley-neighbours-tears-tributes-pour-27442700

A car with bullet holes through the window was still parked outside a home near Elder and Grand avenues where Ulysses’ family gathered and brought balloons to a makeshift memorial on Sunday.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/10/chicago-boy-9-shot-dead-during-his-grandmas-birthday-party-19102620/

After being asked to move into a retirement home, he takes his dreams into his own hands and flies his house there using helium balloons.

Source: https://screenrant.com/pixar-the-highest-grossing-films-of-all-time-disney/

A group of hot air balloons fly over a lake at the Women’s National Competition in Jackson, Missouri, in July.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/8/14/23831208/utahn-world-championship-hot-air-ballooning

All the balloons will be launched and lit up in unison, all thanks to the crowd participatory "Count Down".

Source: https://wibx950.com/ixp/39/p/balloon-glow-laser-show-2023/

American officials have vigorously denied the claim, with Kirby saying Monday, "We are not flying surveillance balloons over China."

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230213/us-defends-decision-to-shoot-down-three-unidentified-objects

And the event kicks off with a Night Glow Spectacular where the skies will fill with illuminated balloons.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/theres-hot-air-balloon-fiesta-27270530

An earlier visit by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was canceled after an incident involving Chinese spy balloons over the US.

Source: https://houstonianonline.com/yellen-is-waiting-for-a-balancing-act-on-us-china-policy/

“An Illinois-based hobbyist club is concerned that one of their small, globe-trotting balloons, which was recently declared ‘missing in action,’ was shot down by U.S. Air Force last week,” noted the report.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/19/large-white-balloon-spotted-northeast-hawaii-air-traffic-control-confirms/

An official told the Washington Post that the US intelligence community believed some of the balloons were being flown from Hainan, a southern Chinese island that is home to a naval military base.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64564549?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

A property, which is decorated with balloons and happy birthday banners, has also been cordoned off by the force.

Source: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/live-first-pictures-scene-blood-27683619

Around 2010, McGuckin started offering a controversial procedure: an invasive, experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis, which involved deploying balloons and stents in veins across the body to improve blood flow.

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/pennsylvania-doctor-investigated-at-every-level-why-is-he-still-practicing

August 30th thru September 3rd is the Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic, an annual tradition in the City of Trees where thousands gather to watch hot air balloons take to the sky in a once-a-year spectacle.

Source: https://kidotalkradio.com/ixp/737/p/are-rainbow-balloons-banned-from-spirit-of-boise-balloon-classic/

BEIJING — China said on Wednesday that U.S. high altitude balloons flew over its Xinjiang and Tibet regions, and it will take measures against U.S. entities that undermine Chinese sovereignty as a diplomatic dispute festered.

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/china-sanctions-lockheed-martin-raytheon-over-taiwan-arms-sales-2

Between 140 and 150 balloons a day were launched from the Shaganappi Golf Course in the Kodak Hot Air Balloon festival.

Source: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/35-unforgettable-photos-from-35-years-ago-calgary-welcomed-the-world-to-the-1988-winter-olympics

Biden administration officials that suspected Chinese surveillance balloons had intruded on U.S. territory at least four times since former President Donald Trump took office in 2017, including once shortly after President Joe Biden took office in 2021.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/06/here-are-all-the-chinese-spy-balloons-detected-since-the-trump-administration/

'Biden’s DoD is shamelessly using an anonymous source to say that Chinese balloons flew over the US under Trump - and the Trump team allowed it.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11715549/Trump-DENIES-Pentagons-claim-three-Chinese-balloons-entered-airspace-watch.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Blue and orange flares were set off and hundreds of balloons were released into the sky.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65726829?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

But how do we know this if the balloons weren’t detected and national leaders weren’t informed of their presence?

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/02/07/how-did-biden-admin-retroactively-discover-chinese-balloons-in-the-u-s-during-the-trump-years-n1668470

China has sent such balloons over the United States in recent years, the senior Pentagon official said.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/chinese-spy-balloon-over-us/