A small balloon was spotted drifting high above the Western United States but poses no security threat, military officials said Friday. A spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense ...

But in a blog post at the website of the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) — yes, the whimsical name is a reference to the movie “Up” — the group has labeled its small ...

An Illinois-based club of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is “missing in action” after last reporting its location over Alaska on Saturday, the same day the US military shot ...