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Did a party balloon sighting lead to El Paso airport shutdown?

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Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with The Washington Post's Dan Lamothe about whether a party balloon sighting was involved in the brief shutdown of the airport in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, in what apparently was a communications breakdown between the Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration over the use of anti-drone technology.

This segment aired on February 12, 2026.

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