Google Project Loon balloon found in Karoo: report

[Jan]

Google balloon found in Karoo: report

A Google Project Loon balloon may have crashed down on a farm in the Karoo.

 

[MrR]

Lies! Alien cover-up conspiracy!

 

[atomcrusher]

This is the part of the article that stood out for me

Urbanus Botha, who doesn’t spend much time in front of computers, at first thought it might be a weather balloon from De Aar, but couldn’t get through to the weather office

Typical SA Government department?

 

[Skerminkel]

This thing reads like a Hayibo article!

 

[rpm]

Karoo farmer finds crashed Google balloon: report

Karoo farmer finds crashed Google balloon: report

A Karoo farmer may have stumbled on a crashed test balloon being used by internet company Google, Beeld reported on Thursday.

 

[BouncyNinja]

http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=142902

 

[The_MAC]

I'm surprised they didn't shoot it..

 

[acidrain]

Urbanus Botha, who doesn’t spend much time in front of computers, at first thought it might be a weather balloon from De Aar, but couldn’t get through to the weather office

Am i the only one that initially saw uranus?

 

[AstroTurf]

I'm surprised they didn't shoot it..

How do you know what brought it down in the first place?

 

[Budza]

Am i the only one that initially saw uranus?

No, but a farmer stuck in the middle of nowhere named Urbanus is pretty funny

 

[scudsucker]

I love the farmer's maak 'n plan idea for the balloon:

“The enormous piece of plastic took up the whole of my sheep trailer,” said Botha, who thought it might come in handy when painting.

 

[abbott10k]

Am i the only one that initially saw uranus?

Yep, until you pointed it out!

 

[Underworld]

"said Botha, who thought it might come in handy when painting"

LOL, boer maak n plan

 

[Cicero]

Hope they buy the guy a beer or something at least. I'm sure its quite valuable equipment.

 

[The_MAC]

How do you know what brought it down in the first place?

Maybe. With a kettie..

 

[AstroTurf]

Maybe. With a kettie..

Friend of mines dad used to farm ostriches in the Karoo.
He had cops pitch up at his farm after shooting at tome idiot in a single engine plane that was buzzing the ostriches.

 

[dualmeister]

I would send Google a fat invoice for the recovery fee!

 

[cfilorux]

space aliens!

The google logo is just a coverup. The aliens from Roswell are now between Strydenburg and Britstown. They're from the planet urbanus.

 

[kianm]

At least now they know about Google. Probably the last few people on Earth who didn't

 

[dualmeister]

Google invades South African airspace.

If this was Russia we would have an issue