• Lazhward@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t that turn out to be a weather balloon launched by an amateur meteorology club?

    • nrezcm@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      No that ended up being swamp gas from a weather balloon trapped in a thermal pocket which reflected light from Venus. Pretty common mistake.

    • Peppycito
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      1 year ago

      The one over the Great Lakes may have been an advertisement from a car dealership.