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    The Doomed Cleveland Balloonfest of '86

    The Atlantic

    3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2018–2021

    YouTube

    6:35 · 13M views · Jun 12, 2018

    A short Atlantic documentary on Cleveland's 1986 Balloonfest, when 1.5 million balloons were released at once and the attempt went badly wrong.

    Cited as a shorthand for a spectacularly misguided publicity stunt, or as a classic embarrassing Cleveland episode.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @vgeekDec 2021· in “Midwest Developer”

      The two best things denigrating Cleveland: Balloonfest ( this video ) & your already mentioned Mike Polk Jr's tourism videos ( this video & [LINK] ). If you can get past the dreary gray skies for 8 months of the year, Cleveland is cheap (even the nicer suburbs like Solon or Aurora) and has easy access to scenic western PA & upstate NY.

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    2. @BorribleAug 2021· in “As cargo shipments boom, ship strikes imperil whales worldwide”

      You will need a lot of pricey Helium-filled airships to replace an average container ship. I guess the airspace will look somewhat like the Cleveland Balloonfest '86... this video [LINK]

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    3. @unixheroDec 2018· in “How to dump 3000 pounds of confetti on Times Square”

      Welp. Pretty much as dumb as the Cleveland Balloon event[0]. I think it is funny as hell, but incredibly dumb, yes. "Cleveland, WE DID IT! YEEEAH". [0] this video

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