F-16s Pursue Unknown Craft Over Region

Washington Post ^ | Saturday, July 27, 2002 | Steve Vogel

[dread78645]

I would think it would be painful for an alien with large "blue balls" to outrun anything!

"... That was not his knee. Not everybody keeps their genitals in the same place Captain"

[DoughtyOne]

Nice.

[DoughtyOne]

[snopercod]

Marsh gas

[Gunrunner2]

Fake photo. . .

[Gunrunner2]

Hi, just check post 221 and 124.

[Momaw Nadon]

I viewed the MPEG video you posted.

In my opinion, it looks like a frisbee was thrown from behind the house or garage.

[DouglasKC]

Bottom line, to repeat myself, the jets scrambled to investigate an anomaly, the blue light was the AB glow of the lead aircraft from zero aspect. The blue light went away when the lead aircraft pulled out of AB.

It took 59 posts, but somebody finally posted common sense. Good job.

[Tunehead54]

Thanks for your link to the 1952 "invasion" - funny how its 'zactly 50 years later. Hmmm ... aliens appreciate anniversaries?

[Tennessee_Bob]

I was only in two wings in ten years, the 474th TFW from Nov 84 to Apr 87, and the 57th Wing (and all its assorted acronyms) from Apr 87 to Oct 94.

[Gunrunner2]

Got it. Had a few deployments for Red Flag, but never went to the FWS--no need, I was already good

[Tennessee_Bob]

but never went to the FWS--no need, I was already good

Yeah, I can tell you were a fighter pilot.

Do I need to remind you? It was never your airplane, it was the crewchief's. He only loaned it to you once in a while.

And you were only as good as those of us supporting you...

[Gunrunner2]

Yes, I know, no argument there. The Crew Chief's and all the rest of the guys on the line had, and still have, my respect. It was those admin troops that I have a problem with. They demanded you know all their rules and regulations and adjust your schedule for CBPO "training days," with no thought about the demands and pressures of the line.

[Tennessee_Bob]

It always killed me to hear the CBPO weanies whining because they didn't get their scheduled UTE day because we didn't make our sortie rate.

Offered several times to bring any one of them down to the line for a regular twelve hour shift getting the birds ready to fly.

For some reason, they always turned me down. Must have had soemthing to do with leaving the air-conditioning and the possibility of getting dirty.

[Sam Cree]

The Australians fired on one?

[TankerKC]

F-14's are quick, but not that quick, with their old engines and all.

The F-14B & D use two General Electric F110-GE-400, which are right in line with those used by the -15 and -16. You are correct (and most definitely have more "hands-on" experience that I) about the difference in speed at different altitudes. The -18 is generally listed at mach 1.8, the -16 can do 2.0 (at altitude), the 14 is listed at 2+ (although I have spoken to drivers that report a much higher speed) and the -15 is listed at 2.5+.

[First_Salute]

A real cute thing and I went around in circles one night, in the upper of the lower 48 States.

I said, "Look, it's the A.B." She said, "No; it's clouds."

She thought, because there was no detectable color at the moment, the A.B. was white (appearing), it had to be higher strata clouds.

And then suddenly, some color.

"Oh."

On Corregidor, the Japanese floodlights from the Philippine "mainland" were bright enough to read books and such at night; but of course, the Japanese could not read these books ... so far away. Still, the electromagnet waves were strong enough to be detected.

When you walk near, and especially under, high-power electrical lines after a rainstorm, you can hear the grass "crackle;" though when dry, you may only sense a faint "hummm..."

Two boats on intersecting courses, leave wakes: waves. What do you observe when the waves meet?

[snopercod]

Interference patterns.

Waves are interesting. They appear to move but actually are not - at least in the direction they appear to be moving.

But then I'm still not convinced that the luminiferous ether and flogiston boxes don't exist ;-)

[Gunrunner2]

And possibly having to actually WORK for a living!