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Border blimp runs amok in Texas — wreaks havoc for 600 miles before crashing in Dallas

Carla Sinclair
Mar 06, 2025
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Image: A modern aerostat with camera attached; K.Kargona / shutterstock.com

It's not just planes that are crashing under the MAGA regime. Now we're talking blimps, as winds uprooted a giant U.S. Customs and Border Protection surveillance balloon in Texas on Monday, carrying the untethered beast 600 miles before it crashed outside of Dallas.

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