Place your bets now.
Drone? Or:
- Bag for life
- Kite
- Bird
- Jupiter
- Floater in someone’s eye for a nanosecond
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Swamp gas from a weather balloon is trapped in a thermal pocket and reflects the light from Venus.
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Maybe that person should have gone to Specsavers. 
These balloons get my vote: Did this cause #Gatwick to close for 1 hour today? - YouTube
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Phew! At least there’s actual evidence that it was not a drone this time.
Now… will this lead to heavier regulation on the recreational use of balloons?
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The Telegraph, and the Argus, have published stories to that effect:
Which is good.
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And Sky News now: Gatwick Airport runway shutdown may have been due to party balloons, claim plane spotters | UK News | Sky News
hang on maybe they were Chinese spy balloons ,disguised as party balloons
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You are fined 300 social credits.