# $2.8 billion penis floating over Pennsylvania

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-8-billion-penis-floating-over-pennsylvania/736027>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-8-billion-penis-floating-over-pennsylvania/736027 "2015-10-28T23:49:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-8-billion-penis-floating-over-pennsylvania/736027/1 "2015-10-28T23:49:05Z")

</div>

Your tax dollars at work, folks:

> **[US army blimp wreaks havoc after breaking free from military facility](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/28/us-army-blimp-breaks-free)**
>
> ‘Cruise-missile fighting’ blimp worth about $2.8bn drifted above Pennsylvania and knocked out power for thousands after dragging 10,000ft cable

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-8-billion-penis-floating-over-pennsylvania/736027/2 "2015-10-28T23:53:46Z")

</div>

Existing thread:

> **[Killer Blimp over Pennsylvania!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773540)**
>
> Okay, the title’s a bit of an exaggeration, but a very large military aerostat broke loose from Aberdeen Proving Grounds and is currently floating over Pennsylvania at the mercy of the wind. It’s reported as being at 16,000 feet and it’s dragging a 2...

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-8-billion-penis-floating-over-pennsylvania/736027/3 "2015-10-28T23:54:50Z")

</div>

argh! apologies

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-8-billion-penis-floating-over-pennsylvania/736027/4 "2015-10-28T23:57:18Z")

</div>

Although I appreciate the effort made in crafting the thread title, since there is already a two page thread I’m going to close this.