One LAX 'jetpack man' was a Jack Skellington balloon

That makes absolutely no sense at all. Who would go through the effort to make a drone look and behave exactly like an off-the-shelf Jack Skellington balloon, and for what purpose? To make jet pilots think it’s ok to let their engines ingest a foreign object because it’s a balloon and not a drone?

If someone has been releasing these intentionally (as opposed to accidental balloon releases, which I’m sure never ever happen /s) then the only thing that doesn’t make sense to me is why they haven’t been using the Buzz Lightyear or Stormtrooper balloons that look more convincingly like jetpack fliers.

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