U.S. officials last week disclosed that they believe China has been engaging in a years-long balloon surveillance ... “It seems to me the clear message to China is, ‘We got free range in ...

Those spy balloons were launched from Turkey. My dad didn’t talk about this part of his career much, likely because the work was secret, but the program has long since been declassified since it ...

Barrage balloons were used by many countries in WW2, including Britain and the U.S., and played a vital role in the Normandy ...

The love affair with balloons started long before airplanes took flight ... this fiscal year to study the possibility. But it's clear that the wind isn't backing down either.

Each balloon carried two persons, the pilot and an assistant. They were all muffled against cold, and prepared to face a hard journey. Little sleep is possible on a long voyage, and intense cold ...

While part of a long-term push, those efforts have dramatically ... to spy on military installations. It is not yet clear what the balloon that transited the United States last week was surveilling.