Marik von Rennenkampff (mvonren) pulled up the wind map from that day and, if this is a balloon tethered to/near that car on the ground, the relative position of the balloon to the car would make sense. The balloon would be to the left and closer to the camera than the car visible on the ground. There was a ~7.5mph wind to the NE, and the car filming is driving E. This is southern california, just NE of Los Angeles, in summer, so the sun in the morning is very E. The article says the video metadata says the video was taken at 7:08am (localtime ... Read even more
