The late-moving,unmanned army blimp broke loose from its mooring in Maryland on Wednesday and floated to Pennsylvania, causing electrical outagesState police used shotguns on Thursday to deflate a wayward surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside.The military was in the process of gathering up some 6000 feet of tether, and the blimp’s tail section could be removed Thursday afternoon,said Captain Matthew Villa of the US army. The much larger hull, however, or was still in the process of deflating and will be removed in “the next day or so”,he said on Thursday afternoon.
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Source: theguardian.com