1.5 million balloons, almost as many problems Credit: YouTube Screengrab

Regardless of whether or not you’ve devoured all the previous videos detailing Cleveland’s disastrous 1986 attempt at launching 1.5 million balloons, it never hurts to watch another one.

This one is from Nathan Truesdell and debuted yesterday.

It’s still dumbfounding that anyone thought this was a good idea.

YouTube video

This article appears in Jun 13-19, 2018.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

One reply on “Here’s Another Mini Documentary on Cleveland’s Ill-Fated Attempt at Releasing 1.5 Million Balloons in 1986”

  1. Made for one helluva photo op…but one of the STUPIDEST stunts ever pulled…anywhere!

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