The mysterious impact of a United Airlines aircraft in flight last week has sparked plenty of theories as to its cause, from space debris to high-flying birds. However the question of what happened to ...

The quick answer is our constellation of Global Sounding Balloons (GSBs), which we call WindBorne Atlas, doesn’t pose a threat to airplanes or other objects in the sky. It’s not only highly improbable ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A weather balloon may have been the culprit that cracked a United Airlines plane’s windshield while the flight was en route from Denver to California, ...

The balloon company has implemented new safety measures to prevent future aircraft-balloon incidents Two pilots ended up being covered in glass after a passenger jet collided with an apparent weather ...

A United Airlines flight was diverted last week after its windshield was cracked by an object. Now a weather balloon company says it’s “quite likely” their balloon did it. By Aimee Ortiz A weather ...