# Hot Air Balloon Sighting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-air-balloon-sighting/483746>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-air-balloon-sighting/483746 "2009-01-30T18:25:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-air-balloon-sighting/483746/21 "2009-02-01T17:23:10Z")

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[Here](http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa7/Bumbershoot-pics/Balloon%20Fiesta/Balloons/) are some pictures I took this morning, about two miles from my apartment.

[Here](http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa7/Bumbershoot-pics/Balloon%20Fiesta/) are some pictures a buddy of mine took a few years ago, at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. That’s me in photo #6.

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**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:** [February 1, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-air-balloon-sighting/483746/22 "2009-02-01T17:38:28Z")

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I live in a part of New Jersey that is known for ballooning. I have a pretty panoramic view from my back deck and it is not unusual to see 2-3 or even as many as ten on any spring or summer evening.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-air-balloon-sighting/483746/23 "2009-02-02T14:35:11Z")

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> [@Bumbershoot](#):
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> [Here](http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa7/Bumbershoot-pics/Balloon%20Fiesta/Balloons/) are some pictures I took this morning, about two miles from my apartment.

Wow, there are a couple of real antiques in that photo. I love seeing some of the old balloons from the 80s.

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