Google clarifies UFOs were not seen in Kentucky, merely a Project Loon balloon

May 30, 2014

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For now on, second guess yourself if you saw an unidentified flying object (as if you don't already). Over in Pike County, Kentucky in 2012, residents believed they saw some UFOs soaring in the sky. Those residents were wrong. A year after the alleged sightings, Google has stepped forward to claim the blame.

A Project Loon balloon that was launched in California somehow made its way eastward to Kentucky. Something went wrong with the controls and Google had no chance to recover the it. Despite Google providing an explanation saying that it was a prototype with a lengthier body, some of Pike County's residents still believe they saw something much different than a balloon.

Source: Space
Via: BGR

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Born and raised in New Jersey, Justin is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied marketing with a focus on digital marketing. He's very talkative and enjoys discussing anything from technology and sports to video games and television. As for Justin's current device rotation, he carries around the Google Pixel and Nexus 9. In the rare case that his phone or tablet is not in his hand, he is either flicking through cards on his Moto 360 (2015) or typing away on the Microsoft Surface Book. Justin is patiently waiting for the day that Google replicates the Galaxy Nexus with modern day specifications.

2 comments

Guillaume says:

May 30, 2014 at 6:38 AM

How were the residents wrong? Until it’s identified, it’s just that: an unidentified flying object (UFO).

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1. Justin_Herrick says:
  
  May 30, 2014 at 1:51 PM
  
  Now it has been identified.
  
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