The public was spotting and recording the balloon anyway, they had to act and form our perception. We all have an idea of what satellites supposedly look like from cgi images and movies. So when people saw what looks like s satellite hanging from a balloon they had to come up with a stupid Chinese cover story. In addition people are more likely to trust their government if they see external threats like China or Russia.
The public won't ever doubt satellites because of a balloon. Still doesn't explain why the media chose to draw even more attention to it, either. They let things die when they don't like it.
If satellites are balloons, these should be spotted way more frequently.
Most of the public won't investigate any conspiracy theories. However, there are millions who will. Satellites on balloons are one of the many things that got me to investigate the moonlandings, ISS, and NASA. These balloons are spotted constantly, they malfunction and decend in areas they will be noticed by the public. And they are also spotted at night when passing in front of the moon (from the observers perspective).
Yea the media will often ignore stories they don't want talked about, and let them die within 1 news cycle. But they constantly offer establishment explanations on just about any slightly conspiratorial subject we can talk about.
The public was spotting and recording the balloon anyway, they had to act and form our perception. We all have an idea of what satellites supposedly look like from cgi images and movies. So when people saw what looks like s satellite hanging from a balloon they had to come up with a stupid Chinese cover story. In addition people are more likely to trust their government if they see external threats like China or Russia.
The public won't ever doubt satellites because of a balloon. Still doesn't explain why the media chose to draw even more attention to it, either. They let things die when they don't like it.
If satellites are balloons, these should be spotted way more frequently.
Most of the public won't investigate any conspiracy theories. However, there are millions who will. Satellites on balloons are one of the many things that got me to investigate the moonlandings, ISS, and NASA. These balloons are spotted constantly, they malfunction and decend in areas they will be noticed by the public. And they are also spotted at night when passing in front of the moon (from the observers perspective).
Yea the media will often ignore stories they don't want talked about, and let them die within 1 news cycle. But they constantly offer establishment explanations on just about any slightly conspiratorial subject we can talk about.