A large white airship was spotted flying over the Bay Area earlier this week, prompting questions from local social media users about what it was doing and where it came from.
One questioned if it was a privately owned blimp and pointed out how odd it was to see one with no apparent markings. Another noted that it was moving faster than most blimps typically do.
What they were seeing was an A-60, an airship used by experimental aircraft company LTA Research to train pilots as it develops its much larger Pathfinder 1 electric airship…