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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
