Can anyone tell me what this is?

[BFMF]

Doesn't that balloon look unrealistically high

[MattNW]

I still wanna know what that paddle shaped thing is flying around the Carl Vincent in Hawaii.

[loomex]

I am sure that the paddle is actualy an radar antenna that wasn't animated correctly

[fisharno]

That's exactly what it is... A Radar Antenna.

I think somebody goofed in the M$ Annimation Dept. I thought I saw a fix for that piece of scenery, somewhere  ???

[Boris_G]

Okey i noe that u are near Key West, ni will assume, but u noe what happens when we assume smtn, so i will guess that its a weather ballon n navigation light no ti for space shuttles lol i can think of nutn else

[Paz]

[BFMF]

How high is it off the ground?

[WebbPA]

Funny, I've driven to Key West several times and never noticed it.  Anyway, here are a few more links.

http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0301/baloon.html

http://www.cruisingguide.com/flkphotoal ... 8_5117.jpg

http://www.cryptome2.org/ckafs-eyeball.htm

http://boonedocks.net/travel/florida/cudjoe.html

http://www.wtvt.com/investreptr/tv_marti.html

[Paz]

How high is it off the ground?

One of WebbPA's link says it is 10,000 feet above the ground.
 I was thinking about it some more and realized that I haven't been to the Florida Keys in over 20 years, man, time sure does fly.

[Eternal]

Ive seen the Aurora Borialis from my back yard.  :P Dont need to see it in a sim. I live in middle NH USA.

[Paz]

[quote]Ive seen the Aurora Borialis from my back yard.

[WebbPA]

I'm with Paz.  If you've seen real northern lights I don't know how you could mistake a helium balloon for them.  But some people think anything in the air is an alien spacecraft so I guess it just depends on the observer.

As long as we're going off topic I saw a UFO once.  Took me a couple of hours to figure out it was a satellite.

[MattNW]

The Aurora Borealis is caused by solar radiation in the Earth's magnetic field. When Solar activity is high (Sunspots and Solar Flares) it can be seen much further south than usual. I've seen it here in Southern Indiana once.

[WebbPA]

You're not very likely to see it in the Florida Keys.

[visitor]

I've waited Three days and no one
went to look at the darn thing so I
did!!!!!

Goto
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1055981741

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