The reports of recently intercepted balloons sounded like balloons but weren’t identified as such. It is possible that was because they didn’t want to admit the

The reports of recently intercepted balloons sounded like balloons but weren’t identified as such. It is possible that was because they didn’t want to admit they shot down little balloons. Or maybe pilots didn’t recognize them without seeing the tiny payload from a quick pass. But there was lots of speculation, including from in government, that they were mysterious. Most UFOs aren’t balloons, but we have recent examples of balloons being identified as UFOs.