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Mistaking weather balloon components for explosive devices.(Bulletin Alert)

Publication: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Publication Date: 01-MAR-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Civilians and law enforcement officers--including first responders--sometimes misidentify the expended electronics and communications components of National Weather Service (NWS) weather balloons as suspicious or possible explosive devices. The components, called radiosondes, are harmless. of...

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...The Department Homeland Security and the FBI have no intelligence indicating that terrorists intend to use radiosondes as bomb components or as disguises for bombs.

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False Alarms

The NWS launches approximately 75,000 weather balloons each year, the majority of which never are recovered. When a balloon bursts at...

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