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She saw a car-sized object above a Texas farm and found a wayward hunk of NASA equipment

NASA's research balloon carrying telescopes to study stars and black holes crashed in Hale County, Texas, with officials recovering equipment after a day-long flight.

  • On Thursday, October 2, 2025, a piece of NASA research equipment attached to a parachute fell near Ann Walter’s home in Edmonson, Texas, and her family captured photos and videos of the landing.
  • The Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility launches high-altitude research balloons from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, about 140 miles west of where the balloon landed.
  • Locals described the payload as roughly the size of a sport-utility vehicle, with NASA stickers, landing in a neighbor’s wheat field beneath a 30-foot parachute, local witnesses said.
  • Hale County officials confirmed NASA contacted them last week about the missing equipment after Ann Walter reached out, and investigators with a truck and trailer retrieved the device.
  • The balloon carried telescopes to gather data on stars, galaxies and black holes, and Walter was told the flight launched a day earlier.
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She saw a car-sized object above a Texas farm and found a wayward hunk of NASA equipment

A West Texas woman saw something unusual on a recent morning, a massive parachute drifting slowly across the sky.

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