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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Israel Shoots Something Down Over Dimona

Israel has announced that an IDF aircraft shot down "a suspicious object, probably a balloon" that flew over the Dimona nuclear reactor. In another version it's called an "apparent engine-powered balloon," brought down by an Israeli F-16,

I hesitate to guess at this point, but submit it for your unidentified no-longer-flying object files.

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