Military Blimp Breaks Free From Tether in Maryland

Military Blimp Breaks Free From Tether in Maryland

JLENS

"... 'Emergency personnel are tracking the aerostat which is still aloft in [sic] moving toward Pennsylvania,' according to the Aberdeen Proving Ground, the U.S. Army facility. The full name of the blimp -- known as an aerostat -- is a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) and it is used to detect cruise missiles around Washington DC. ..."
Reference: abcnews.go.com .