Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The team behind the iconic alien balloon managed to inflate for a brief tethered flight. (Image: NQ) There was disappointment ...

The balloon was launched in northern Arizona to study solar radiation in the stratosphere. It wasn’t a bird or a plane, but a balloon. Residents in Denver reported sightings of a strange-looking ...

There was disappointment after flights were cancelled on the first evening of proceedings.