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'Mystery aircraft' over Texas draws speculation of real spy plane
chron.com ^
| March 28, 2014
| Carol Christian |
Posted on 03/29/2014 4:03:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
first time.
Aviation Week & Space Technology journalist Bill Sweetman has posted photos taken March 10 by two veteran sky watchers, Steve Douglass and Dean Muskett.
In his blog post of March 28, Sweetman writes that he and two Aviation Week editors agree that the photos depict "something real." In other words, these pictures aren't easily explained away by reports of known military flights or the work of someone who got carried away with Photoshop.
So what can aviation experts say about the object in the photos?
"The photos tell us more about what the mysterious stranger isn't than what it is," Sweetman writes.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
TOPICS: UFO's
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aircraft; aurora; aviationweek; billsweetman; deanmuskett; drone; mystery; sr72; stevedouglass; texas
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To: Antihero101607
Advanced aircraft leave contrails, as well. Contrail formation is based upon atmospherics. For a military operation one would get a contrail prediction from weather forecasters for the particular conditions of the day and then avoid those altitudes. You also confirm the contrail altitudes if you can.
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:20:24 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: golux
Whatever plane it is the Russians and Chinese almost certainly have people working on it and probably build half of it.
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:20:39 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: USNBandit
Developmental spy planes dont generally fly during the day.
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:21:22 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Antihero101607
Dunno if any 4th or 5th gen fighters leave trails like that,Ah, but the modern brother of the ancient V-1 'Buzz Bomb' jet just might! A PDE (pulse detonation engine) fills the combustion chamber with fuel and oxidizer and then uses a detonation pressure wave to ignite it in a pulse of power. It supposedly can be used from subsonic to mach 5+ and is rumored to power the ?Aurora?
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:23:23 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:24:15 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: stboz
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:24:44 PM PDT
by
American Dream 246
(Open your eyes. Freedom is not a one day fight. Enemies of Freedom are legion.)
To: SES1066
Supposedly the cause of contrails like this -
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:25:37 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:27:13 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Vaquero
I saw one of those fly back when I was in the air force. incredible
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:27:58 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: FreedomPoster
Looks like that new Navy drone.
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:28:36 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:28:51 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe a month ago, a military helicopter flew over. I like to take photos of them but by the time I had grabbed the camera and got out to the porch it was too far away. I took a single shot anyway but the image was so tiny, I cropped it by a large amount just to see it. That is when I noticed a flying saucer in the far distance. Well it could be a flying saucer.
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:30:13 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: BenLurkin
Meet the TR-3A black manta?
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03/29/2014 4:39:56 PM PDT
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Darksheare
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To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:40:20 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
To: yarddog
Or it could be a bug close to the camera and too close to be in focus.
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03/29/2014 4:40:34 PM PDT
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FReepaholic
(Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
To: MrEdd
To: BenLurkin
processed to increase size contrast and clarity
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:45:16 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: driftdiver
I think I saw this aurora aircraft flying over Chamberlain Lake in northern Maine. Creepy thing if I saw what you showed in picture. The guide I was with had seen it several times.
Some guy posted Loose lips sink ships!
Right Turns, tight lines
Caddis the ancient one
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:45:23 PM PDT
by
palmerizedCaddis
(Communism still sucks regardless of BHO and the likes of Ms Clintoon)
To: Regulator
Considering that I'm right off one end of the run-way.... No.
/johnny
To: driftdiver
Chinese almost certainly have people working on it and probably build half of it.Well they did until the 370 went down with the 21 Chinese spies who were heading to China with their laptops filled with spec on this aircraft..
Fortunatly they were able to land the aircraft in Garcia whatever and convince those spies to not deflect. or is it defect. LOL
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posted on
03/29/2014 4:48:06 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
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