The interest in balloons, other than the party and clown varieties, has recently reached levels perhaps not seen in Canada since the 19th century.
It all began, of course, with a giant Chinese surveillance balloon that floated above British Columbia before drifting around the United States and ultimately being blown up by the United States Air Force over the Atlantic. Since then, three other objects have met a similar fate including one brought down over Yukon and another shot down above Lake Huron.
