Chapter 1: What caused the airspace closure in El Paso?
The unexpected airspace closure in El Paso stemmed from disagreements over drone-related tests, sources told CBS News. Pentagon had undertaken extensive planning on use of military tech near Fort Bliss. Two sources identify the technology as a high-energy laser. Earlier this week, tech was used to shoot down what happened to be foreign drones.
The flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said. One balloon was shut down. FAA Administrator Brian Bedford last night decided to close the airspace without alerting the White House, Pentagon, or Homeland Security officials. Bedford told officials the airspace restrictions would be in place to ensure safety until issues with the War Department could be resolved.
Better be safe than sorry. And the last time we had a balloon floating over the United States, it was a Chinese spy balloon. That's right. So you got to take those balloons out of the air. Like a birthday party balloon package or something that got away?
Yeah. Birthday balloons.
Chapter 2: What technology was used to address the balloon situation?
They said party balloons. Yeah. So it might not have been a birthday. It could have been a retirement or something. I don't know. Could have been a test. Somebody could have been testing. But they were balloons.
Party balloons that shut down the airspace.
Not foreign drones.
But the AP, also reputable, said it was foreign drones.
Yeah.
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Chapter 3: What was the surprising outcome of the airspace closure?
So who do we believe in?
Well... But they were sure it was foreign drones?
Well, they said it as confidently as that.
Yes, they said as cartel drones. But what they're saying, though, is what appeared. So earlier this week, tech was used to shut down what appeared to be foreign drones. But the flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said.
Chapter 4: How did the FAA and Pentagon respond to the balloon incident?
So AP is saying it was absolutely a foreign drone?
I don't know, party balloons. There's no way they shot a balloon down. That's just silly. That's just fake news sad, and it's probably a UFO, and they don't want to tell us.
Stephen Waldron, CBS Sports. Can you find this woman who works? I'm sure she's in the email system that you have over there. Jennifer Jacobs and say that we have someone here, Al Dukes, who wants to tell her that her report is fake news sad. Can you do that, Jennifer Jacobs? Can I CC Wally on that? Yes, sure. Get them both on. All right. Thanks, Steven. CC Wally on that. AP foreign drones.
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, that's what was reported there, but who the hell knows. Certainly not something that seems to be an imminent threat, at least that's being reported to us, and the airspace is open, as we said yesterday. Yeah, well, I think our discussion sparked a flurry of activity. I'm sure that's what it was.
I'm sure that the FAA and the Pentagon and everybody in the war... Well, all we wanted was answers. We did not want to speculate on what was going on. The war departments were listening. They had us on in the cafeteria over there at the Pentagon on CBS Sports Network. You never know. These guys are on to something. We better get the truth out there. Big balloon fest.
Remember that kid that was allegedly in that balloon and that dad who did it on purpose to get attention? Remember that whole thing, balloon boy? Yes. He was flying around. I'm pretty sure Francesco was on the air for that as a kid in the balloon, allegedly, as a kid flying in that balloon. I mean, it was an unbelievable day. I was actually out here in the newsroom when that was happening.
I totally fell for it. I was like, there's a kid in that balloon. Oh, my God. You know, the thing landed and whatever. There's no kid in there. No kid.
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Chapter 5: What were the conflicting reports about the flying objects?
No kid. But he had just been hiding somewhere in the house. And then the dad, who was someone who was trying to, he had been on a reality show before and was trying to get back on a reality show, was trying to get attention, was questioned over this whole thing and then swears that the kid was just hiding somewhere. But it was.
all orchestrated until the kids go hide in the basement i'm gonna set up a balloon and i'm gonna say that my kid is in a balloon taking off yeah and then if you see so they they filmed it of the balloon like you know mistakenly going up in the air and you could tell the acting is so bad because the thing goes oh my god they go where's whatever his kid let's just say the kid's name is tyler like where's tyler oh my god he's in there he's in there oh it was just such terrible acting
But still, to this day, the guy will not admit it.
I have a little Francesa. Now, it's filmed off someone's TV, so it's a little hard to hear. But if you want to just taste it, they're coming out of break. Okay. A balloon with a kidney is doing what? What are you telling me?
Okay.
wrapped in a sky balloon. Oh, he's in the balloon carriage? Yeah, it looks like a UFO. Like a hot air balloon kind of thing? Like he's got a fan, like he's sitting in a little carriage underneath? No, I've never seen anything like that. You mean he's inside actually a balloon? Well, it looks like a UFO-type balloon. They say he's going 25 miles an hour. Over what city? Where is he?
Denver, Denver. And he's flying in the air? You've got to see these shots. I mean, I guess it's not funny, but this is... It really looks like a UFO. How high off the ground is it? It's high. It actually looks like a UFO. And he's in the balloon himself, the kid? That's what it says. The report's believed to be a six-year-old boy stuck in the balloon. How'd he get in it? That I don't know.
Yes, it's just brought to our attention, so we flipped it on here on Fox News. Well, is that... Let me see, Victor. Boy floating in balloon aircraft... So he's in the bottom part of it? Is that it? And the top is full of what? Helium? It looks like a... Like a muffin or something. You know what I mean? It looks like a muffin. With a little thing on the bottom.
More like a little pancake kind of thing. You know? And he's in there? Who launched it? You guys gotta get me some details. You gotta get me some details on that story. That's bizarre.
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Chapter 6: What is the history behind the Balloon Boy incident?
What is it filled with? Boston cream? I was going to say the same thing.