Runaway Army Blimp Worth Billions Had the Nation Shook

The blimp became untethered and has already caused thousands of power outages.

The internet is back with another banger in the form of #blimp, following each and every move of a runaway military blimp as it fumbled its way across the nation. The blimp, which just so happened to be worth a hilarious $2.7 billion, reportedly became detached from its tether at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland before quickly becoming a problem and a hashtag:

Some genius also started a @BmoreBlimp Twitter account to give a news-starved world exactly what it wants in the form of retweets like this:

Sadly, as there is no such thing as a beautiful Twitter moment lasting longer than 45 minutes or so, our dear friend #blimp found its inevitable way to the ground, thus ending its brief moment in the spotlight:

Two F-16 fighter jets, scrambled from Atlantic City, were tracking the blimp's escape route before its tragic descent. Described by NBC News as a "surveillance blimp," the brave lone wolf was as long as two football fields and absolutely loaded with helium.

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