ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The opening day of the 51st Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta got off to a great start with a clear, blue sky and a successful mass ascension. The first ballo… ...

But for alert motorists and homeowners, something unusual broke the monotony: A giant, sky-blue hot-air balloon, adorned with an orange goldfish and his toothy grin.

T he Chinese spy balloon that was spotted and shot down on Saturday over the coast of South Carolina was far from the first threatening object to trouble American skies. Balloons have dogged U.S ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Hot air balloons took to the sky this weekend for the 49th annual Huff ‘n Puff Air Balloon Rally. Pilots and crew from all over gathered at the Mount Hope Fields decorating the ...

The sky is full of stuff. Much of it can be identified, often with the naked eye: police helicopters, prop planes, ravens and starlings and eagles, runaway pink and blue latex balloons from gender ...

Spy balloons typically operate at an altitude of 24 kilometres to 37km, which is well above where commercial planes fly. Airliners almost never fly higher than 40,000 feet (12.19km).