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LUBBOCK, Texas — It was an ordinary morning on the farm until it wasn’t. While getting ready for the day Ann Walter was told there was floating high above them was a massive parachute-like balloon gliding silently across the sky. As they stood there in awe, snapping photos and videos before carrying on with their morning routine.

Someone told Ann that she should call the Hale County Sheriff's Office. After she called the sheriff's office, they thanked her and explained that the NASA team was currently trying to find and retrieve their piece of equipment.

The next day Ann received a text saying her family had found the space equipment. The research balloon landed in a farmland in Hale County Thursday morni

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