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John Hutchison’s First Newspaper Appearance: Balloons Over Grouse Mountain

Article · September 14, 2026 · mirrored from the Hive blockchain and Telegram

John Hutchison’s first appearance in the local newspaper and TV news was actually in 1965 or 1966 when he was 20 years old and flying bright hydrogen balloons wrapped in aluminum foil in the sky! 🎈📰📺👀

Newspaper clipping headlined "Tom Swifties Over Grouse Mountain: Not Lights, He Said Brightly," about 20-year-old John Hutchison sending hydrogen balloons wrapped in aluminum foil into the sky over North Vancouver in 1965 or 1966, with a photo of Hutchison holding one of the balloons.

Continuation of the newspaper article (page 2, headlined "Light") describing Hutchison's homemade 110-volt arc welder and nylon-making process, and RCAF rescue officials calling him "quite an inventor" after investigating reports of mysterious lights over the North Shore.

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Text and images retrieved from Hive and Telegram on September 14, 2026.