Fighter jets tracking US military blimp on the loose

The Pentagon said Wednesday that U.S. fighter jets were tracking an unmanned Army surveillance blimp that tore loose from its ground tether in Maryland and drifted north over Pennsylvania.
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Two F-16 fighter jets from the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base in New Jersey were monitoring the craft, which was traveling north at an altitude of about 16,000 feet.
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The aircraft is known as a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System and can be used as part of a missile defense system.

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i.b.nora said:

This is getting rather serious. The tether ropes have grabbed onto, pulled and knocked out some power lines. As heard on CNN.

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A cable connected to the untethered JLENS blimp is dragging along the ground in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and causing massive power outages, Columbia County Department of Public Safety Director Fred Hunsinger said. (...)

Hunsinger went on to say that there are no reports of injuries or deaths, but the dragging of the blimp's cable has school leaders taking precautions to protect children as classes begin to let out for the day.

There are currently more than 20,000 without power in the Bloomsburg area, according to Joe Nixon with PPL Electric.

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KayElJay said:

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