• A balloon floats just above the Earth's surface with a camera attached to it. A group of people stand in a semi circle on the ground below it.
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    The reconnaissance balloons from the Moby Dick program floated with the winds and were retrieved after passing beyond Soviet borders. Only 44 were successfully recovered. 

  • A balloon floats just above the Earth's surface with a camera attached to it. A group of people stand in a semi circle on the ground below it.

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