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Wichita UFO report draws wide attention (pics)
The Wichita Eagle/KansasCity.com ^ | 2/10/2009 | TIM POTTER

Posted on 02/10/2009 7:30:14 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies

It flew fast like a jet, made a whirling sound and left an odd glow.

That's how an amateur photographer described a flying machine he spotted in the skies near Rose Hill on Friday. The UFO world is now paying attention to his photograph.

On Monday, the photo appeared under the headline "Weird Object in Wichita," on UFO Digest, a Canadian Web site.

The object looks like some kind of new-technology fighter jet, possibly a prototype, said UFO Digest editor and publisher Dirk Vander Ploeg.

Jarrod Bartlett, spokesman for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems-Wichita, said in an e-mail that he checked with flight operations staff "and they were not able to identify the aircraft. We do not often get calls regarding unidentified aircraft."

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: kansas; ufo; wichita
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To: ZX12R
Someone threw their cat up in the air.

Obviously not high enough.

41 posted on 02/10/2009 7:43:27 AM PST by Tennessee_Bob (Save the Hispaniolan Solenodon!)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

It’s the Orbitz hovercraft guy.


42 posted on 02/10/2009 7:44:07 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
My guess.. The UCAS X-45 with some type of radar dome on top.


43 posted on 02/10/2009 7:44:12 AM PST by Daus (War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce)
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To: Airwinger
Why are UFO photos ALWAYS out of focus??

Simple

The object is always far way.

Further away than the lens on the camera permits clear focus.

Very few people have an expensive telephoto lens. Even those who do, do not walk around with them mounted on their camera. Even if you have one you need a tripod in most cases to take a clear picture. By the time you mount your telephoto lens mount the camera on your tripod the object is gone.

44 posted on 02/10/2009 7:45:00 AM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: Tennessee_Bob

45 posted on 02/10/2009 7:46:07 AM PST by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

46 posted on 02/10/2009 7:48:28 AM PST by ThomasThomas ( Accept it, there is no except after in math.)
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To: Daus
IIRC, both McConnell AFB and Boeing Wichita are refueling-oriented operations. I would guess this UFO is either radar or refueling related.
47 posted on 02/10/2009 7:49:22 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: JRios1968

Am I hurtin’ ya, baby?


48 posted on 02/10/2009 7:52:11 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
“It's the mothership... fer'sure!”


49 posted on 02/10/2009 7:52:38 AM PST by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
Looks like a recon drone. The french have one that looks just like that with canard and delta wings and a jet engine stuck on the top. But what it is doing over the middle of the US is another issue. I wonder the UASF loast a drone or if AQ has built themselves a cruise missile.
50 posted on 02/10/2009 7:52:51 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: eCSMaster

51 posted on 02/10/2009 7:52:59 AM PST by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

And Whiteman AFB where the B2’s are based is what, maybe about 200 miles away, not far or a long trip for a B2


52 posted on 02/10/2009 7:53:00 AM PST by Pylon (You are gonna spend 20 dollars every month on paper towels anyway)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Looks like a black helicopter to me.


53 posted on 02/10/2009 7:53:33 AM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
The tail silhouette does resemble that of a B-2

A B-2 doesn't have any tail surfaces.

54 posted on 02/10/2009 7:54:06 AM PST by scooter2 (Take back America, one vote at a time.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

I knew a man that worked on new stealth aircraft projects. He said that everytime they took one out for a ride there was a flood of UFO calls.


55 posted on 02/10/2009 7:54:08 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Just another Joe

ask Obama to tell you what it sounded like when he hit his head on Marine One


56 posted on 02/10/2009 7:54:08 AM PST by al baby (Hi mom. I love sarcasim)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Weather balloon flying through swamp gas.


57 posted on 02/10/2009 7:54:19 AM PST by bubbacluck
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To: ZX12R
Why are UFO photos ALWAYS out of focus?? HHmmmmmm.. Because the aliens have advanced photo blurring shield technology.

Like nice Prop Blur

58 posted on 02/10/2009 7:55:10 AM PST by al baby (Hi mom. I love sarcasim)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

The X-45 would be a cool platform for a “distributed” AWACS setup. Replace one big, manned, vulnerable AWACS jet with 10 networked X-45’s that can be up indefinitely....


59 posted on 02/10/2009 7:55:16 AM PST by Daus (War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

It looks like the Space Shuttle piggy backed on a 747.

Was it in transit on Friday?


60 posted on 02/10/2009 7:55:36 AM PST by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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