The most American thing ever is to go out and start shooting down so many balloons that you begin producing headlines like these:
Illinois Hobby Club Fears Missing Balloon Was Shot Down by U.S. Air Force
An Illinois-based hobbyist club is concerned that one of their small, globe-trotting balloons, which was recently declared “missing in action,” was shot down by U.S. Air Force last week.Jordan Dixon-Hamilton (Breitbart)