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To: Sean Osborne Lomax
By the way.... for anybody living near the coast, keep your eyes peeled for helicopters with a tethered device of some type (ie: a helo with a long rope and a funnny shaped object attacked to it). I suspect this is a new method of scanning ships that are on an approach to our coasts and ports. They may be scanned in this manner while they are still some distance out at sea. Just a hunch I have. Nothing concrete.

Odd you mention that. That triggered me to remember something I saw a few months ago at work. I saw a chopper flying over with a long tether and a ball at the bottom. At first I thought it was a water basket for fire fighting. But it was way too small for that, not to mention wildfire season was long over. I thought it was puzzling, but I didn't really give it a second thought until now. I happen to be in NW Oregon, so I am not too far from the coast.

8,721 posted on 01/09/2004 1:41:10 PM PST by thecabal
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To: thecabal
Wouldn't it be cheaper to hang them from bridges too? The Skyway over the mouth of Tampa Bay should have one, and every port city with a bridge.

Odd you mention that. That triggered me to remember something I saw a few months ago at work. I saw a chopper flying over with a long tether and a ball at the bottom. At first I thought it was a water basket for fire fighting. But it was way too small for that, not to mention wildfire season was long over. I thought it was puzzling, but I didn't really give it a second thought until now. I happen to be in NW Oregon, so I am not too far from the coast.

8,729 posted on 01/09/2004 1:48:41 PM PST by GOPJ
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Could an nuke on a barge or ship at sea be detected? I wonder if they might use their "AQ navy" to park a nuke offshore, detonate it either at a particular time or if detected, and let the winds bring the radioactive plumes into the city. It might be important to look at off shore and on shore wind patterns in relationship to major cities.
8,730 posted on 01/09/2004 1:52:07 PM PST by jerseygirl
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