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Bottlecap Balloon Brigade - an Illinois hobby group - claims its $13 weather balloon last pinged near Yukon on February 10 - hours before F-22 brought down UFO in SAME area with $400k missile

• Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade reported one of its balloons 'missing in action' around the same time location jets downed an object over Alaska
• It's now suspected the object shot down using $400,000 Sidewinder missile may have been the group's balloon
• Hobby balloons cost as little as $12 and carry device that transmits their location

By LEWIS PENNOCK FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:52 EST, 16 February 2023 | UPDATED: 19:44 EST, 16 February 2023

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#BREAKING: President Biden on UFOs: "The intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions." pic.twitter.com/Im6VQmVj6q

— Forbes (@Forbes) February 16, 2023