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Title: Tethered Blimp above Salt Lake City
Post by: Medicdelta on May 04, 2014, 06:06:11 PM
On a recent flight into Salt Lake City I overheard the cockpit asking ZLC Center how high those blimps can go and if they have radar/

Attached is the audio from ZLC center

Sorry I have no photos but we were able to see them pretty clearly.
Title: Re: Tethered Blimp above Salt Lake City
Post by: bbrasmussen on May 04, 2014, 11:37:27 PM
The balloons are about 60 miles west of SLC in the Utah Test and Training Range.

More info here:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/jlens-coordinating-cruise-missile-defense-and-more-02921/
Title: Re: Tethered Blimp above Salt Lake City
Post by: Marty Becker on May 05, 2014, 09:07:53 AM
Here is a youTube video regarding the JLENS blimps.

http://youtu.be/bhSGbl5SkWw