NIBBB.

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NIBBB = Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade.

Unmasked the culprits of the bandit intruder spy-in-the-sky unidentified object.

SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BALLOON HOBBYISTS?

"One of the Balloons the Military Shot Down May Have Belonged to A Local Ballooning Club!"

From FM radio station www.959theriver.com the story by NICK JAKUSZ February 17, 2023. A number of tips also from Pablo Escobar.

See these most recent and pertinent tweets:

NORAD flummoxed by a hobbyist balloon as sent aloft by a bunch of kids? Well, I did label these most recent balloon sightings and military activity in response to same as hysterical!! NORAD allied air forces rose to the occasion but not so standing tall but rather sheepish with hindsight!

"flummox: transitive verb - To confuse; perplex"

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