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Eugene

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Thu Nov 4, 2021, 09:35 PM Nov 2021

LA 'jetpack man' was probably a balloon

Source: BBC

LA 'jetpack man' was probably a balloon

4 November 2021

Investigators looking into a series of sightings of a mysterious "jetpack man" flying over Los Angeles say they may in fact have been balloons.

The FBI launched an investigation after several pilots reported spotting "a guy in a jetpack" at 3,000ft (915m) above the city's LAX airport last year.

But now officials say the pilots may have seen inflatables.

Police helicopter footage apparently shows a Halloween decoration that broke loose and drifted into the sky.

The images show what appears to be life-sized balloon effigy of Jack Skellington, from the 1993 Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59167345

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