DALLAS (AP) — A large balloon used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for surveillance along the Texas border broke free and traveled about 600 miles (966 kilometers) to the north before crashing as high winds swept through the state, officials said.

Strong winds swept through Texas over the last few days, causing damage and, in one case, sending a blimp hundreds of miles across the state. A tethered aerostat system, which is a form of radar surveillance blimp used by Customs and Border Protection,

It's not just planes that are crashing under the MAGA regime. Now we're talking blimps, as winds uprooted a giant U.S. Customs and Border Protection surveillance balloon in Texas on Monday, carrying the untethered beast 600 miles before it crashed outside of Dallas.

The giant surveillance balloon broke free after ‘a severe wind event’ uplifted it from South Padre Island, Texas, all the way to a small town in Dallas