WCAU NBC10 News At 4pm October 29, 2015
Deflating the balloon. The army says the easiest way to get the remaining helium out of a blimp is to shoot it full of holes with a shotgun. When we first got on the scene, first order of business was making sure the site was secured, so we tied it down. Reporter the white balloon that ripped in two as it crashed contains technology that targets cruise missiles. Primarily the radar, thats the most important part, a couple radios, as well, then the rest of it was just Power Generation and power transformers. Reporter the army air and Missile Defense command says it was all still there after it ...