They kept planes from flying in low to bomb the harbors/ships. They made them fly higher which would hopefully reduce their accuracy, and give the AA gunners a better target to shoot at. The idea was that if a plane did come in low, he would catch a wing on the balloon cable and crash. There were also cables strung between balloons with cables hanging down, almost net like, that made it all but impossible to fly in low.
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