Surveillance Blimp Crashes In Northeast Pennsylvania

A blimp, associated with NORAD's surveillance of the East Coast, crash landed Wednesday afternoon in a rugged, wooded area of northeast Pennsylvania.

Columbia County Department of Public Safety Director Fred Hunsinger said that the loose JLENS blimp had been in the air over Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and caused power outages before it came down. 30,000 people reportedly lost power in the Bloomsburg area due to a dragging cord from the blimp, according to Joe Nixon with PPL Electric.

CNN reports that the blimp became untethered from its mooring station at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's office said that the state was working with local and federal authorities, including the State Police and National Guard, to secure the aerostat's downed equipment.

A U.S. military official told CNN that some 40 personnel from the home base of the military blimp that broke loose Wednesday are now at the site where it landed.