SCW NEWSWATCH: "'UFO' in Congo jungle turns out to be internet balloon" - Reuters 8.27.20

"An unidentified flying object parachuted into dense Congo jungle to the confusion of local authorities ... [A] subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet confirmed the device was an internet balloon. Images ... showed ... a large silver-coloured contraption fitted with solar panels and wires, which had landed in the tropical forest ... trailing a large deflated balloon. ... Loon’s balloons travel ... 12 miles[] above the earth’s surface on the edge of space, acting as floating cell towers, to deliver internet services to people in remote areas around the world. ..."

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