I'm not sure how long it will be featured, but an Amateur Radio balloon is being used as a prop in a National Geographic special, WHEN ALIENS ATTACK.

Check it out. - Rod WB9KMO

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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:47 PM, wb8elk@aol.com wrote:

National Geographic TV filmed us flying a balloon from the NSSTC building in Huntsville, Alabama last September as part of a show about defending Earth against alien attack....one way we demonstrated was to use high altitude balloons to re-establish communications between isolated cities and communities with an onboard repeater relay system.

Announcing the premiere of our latest 2hr special...

WHEN ALIENS ATTACK on The National Geographic Channel

Premieres SUN MAY 22 @ 8pm (check your local listings)

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/when-aliens-attack-5357/Overvi ew

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/tout/5357-show-credits

- Bill WB8ELK