Google’s Project Loon has been around for a while now, but that hasn’t stopped people from freaking out whenever they see one. Today in New Zealand, residents thought a plane was crashing when in fact a Loon balloon was landing, according to The Wall Street Journal. New Zealand is one of the test areas for the Loon balloons that Google is using to deliver web connectivity to rural areas around the world, and Google confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that one of its balloons had landed in an area where some New Zealanders had reported a plane crash to local authorities. A rescue helicopter was then sent to the site, but instead of finding a plane it found a balloon.
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