That stupid camera tied to balloons wasn't by chance a permitted-in-advance activity was it? We have that at my local airport. A few times per year a prof from

That stupid camera tied to balloons wasn't by chance a permitted-in-advance activity was it? We have that at my local airport. A few times per year a prof from a nearby uni sends a balloon up mostly for the benefit of his students. You ought to hear the Saturday morning FBO free-coffee-drinkers club whine about the inconvenience of it. All GA pilots may not always report everything, but there are a few who report everything they see and everything they imagine they saw.