Why does a balloon fully inflated with air Rises up vertically for some distance when punctured from below?

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When it is punctured, the air will be coming out downwards very fastly . So this velocity of air escaping from balloon. So according to Newtons third law the reaction force (due to escaping of air) makes balloon move up.

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