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The result, 17 years after its birth, jlens is a stark example of what defense specialists call a zombie program, costly, ineffectual and seemingly impossible to kill. the blimp was not so lucky. as it started to deflate, it eventually came down on its own.

Farm land. the blimp in two pieces. some of the material on board, the military balloon has been secured. the team has come up here to collect the rest of it including that teether thats being cut up and hauled out of here. they are trying to figure out how to get the rest of the 10,000 pounds of material out of those woods. also, the army says its sorry. >> we would like to apologize to the local community nor the loss of power and any other conveniences this could have caused. we appreciate th...

Its filled with helium. 242 feet long. three-quarters of a football field. the secretary of defense telling reporters today hes seen these balloons break free in afghanistan. something that can happen in bad weather. retired colonel stephen ganyard saying, make no mistake -- it was a lot of taxpayer money floating for much of the afternoon. >> so, this protects the national capital region but its a very sophisticated military technology. very classified. its the best capability in the world. >> ...

Think anybody thought that if it did break loose, this factor of metal cable hitting power lines, knocking out power to communities across the countryside. >> which when you think about it, in some ways you chuckle, you imagine the picture of a giant blimp trailing this mile long cable but at the same time, its almost a wonder there wasnt more damage and that it was only 35,000 people who lost power. now they are filing claims with the army. how is that going to play out? >> thats true. i have a...

Pennsylvania before crash landing in the woods. this blacked out power to thousands of people. now officials want to know what happened. why this blimp went rogue. why the blimp went on the lam. cnns boris sanchez with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, we are in anthony township in pennsylvania. you see the roadblock. the perimeter set up half mile from the roadblock. the conditions are getting worse here. the rain is coming down. it is dark. a rural area with not much light. investig...

Is the things that affect americans every day is what will get people to turn out and support conservative principles again. >> they will be tuning in tuesday, november 10th. the prime time event gets under way at 9:00. dont miss it. weve been following this plane camping fire. reports of leaking fuel and injuries. well bring you the very latest. that run away military blimp is down. it just took some gunshots. why and whats happening to that sensitive military information involved with the bl...

Somehow. but i just got to think about how. there was a way that they move from the interior to the -- up into the -- can i help you? i dont like how she stares. its super creepy and i think i can say where babies came from without you blinking at me. im serious. you need to stop, okay? have fun in staring class. >> and now to the not so little $2 billion blimp that could. military officials were left scrambling yesterday after a 240 foot long high tech surveillance blimp made a break for it det...

$2 billion. >> if you saw the blimp that got cut lose from maryland today its a perfect example of government. what we have is something government made a bag of gas cut lose destroyed everything in its path left thousands of people powerless but we had too much invested in it so we had to keep it. that is our government today who saw it adds a blimp. >> the military had teams on the ground now. they are recovering the blimp hopefully trying to get answers as well. >> they are on administrative ...

Tether it. it wasnt a crazy storm. it wasnt a windy day. >> it eventually ran out of air and landed in a rural area. thankfully it appears no one was injured. this incident is parking swes about the military program that already cost more than $2 billion. the balloon is part of a 2 balloon system designed to protect americas eastern sea board cruz missiles and other threats. the military has teams on the ground to recover the blimp hopefully giving answers as well. >> garrett tenney live from wa...

Pennsylvania. now officials want to know how this blimp went rogue. cnns boris sanchez has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, we are in anthony township in pennsylvania. officials set up a perimeter around the blimp. it is a half mile around the road. this a rural area. there is not much light. investigators are hoping to collect evidence that might lead them to answers as to how the blimp got loose and how it went down. we know there is a mechanism on the blimp to help itself deflate ...