Strange object in the sky is NOT a UFO, it's a balloon
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Updated: Oct. 18, 2017 at 8:44 PM MST
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Many viewers have called about seeing something in the sky over the south side this morning and we have an answer for you.
It was the launch of a balloon called a stratollite.
Officials with World View told us they launched the balloon from its spaceport, a little after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18.
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