Lucas, a 4th grader at Sugar Creek Consolidated Elementary school, found a National Weather Service Weather Balloon in a tree ...

FILE - In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Investigators seized smuggled cigarettes, weapons, luxury cars and surveillance equipment in more than 80 searches ...

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network that smuggled cigarettes using specially equipped weather balloons ...

Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus Tuesday's operation involved more than 140 officers from the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Vilnius ...

Poland has reported a "tense night" for its military due to a Russian military aircraft being spotted over the Baltic Sea near Polish territory, as well as the intrusion of weather balloons carrying ...

The Oklahoma institution, which preserves and displays historic weather-related objects, is asking for donations from the ...

Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These balloons can loft instruments ...

A man was arrested Monday after leading authorities on a pursuit from Monroe County to Greene County that caused damage to ...

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