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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: SonOfDarkSkies

Submarine.


81 posted on 02/10/2009 8:12:31 AM PST by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Hmmm. aircraft over Wichita. How unusual.


82 posted on 02/10/2009 8:13:01 AM PST by Leg Olam (my gurlfrnd syas my tyipgns as goood as my sex)
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To: JRios1968

that was my first take on the pic also....


83 posted on 02/10/2009 8:13:45 AM PST by tatsinfla
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

For supposedly advanced beings, they haven’t learned much about aerodynamics, have they?


84 posted on 02/10/2009 8:15:26 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Dissent Is Patriotic!)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Why are they always blurred?


85 posted on 02/10/2009 8:15:35 AM PST by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: GonzoGOP
A guy build a 3D model of the SR-71 with D-21 at http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=13520 . Take a look at the 3/4 rear view or thew one that is at wikipedia. If this isn't what we are seeing then it is it's younger cousin.
86 posted on 02/10/2009 8:15:54 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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87 posted on 02/10/2009 8:16:33 AM PST by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: tatsinfla
SR75 Penetrator - the SR71 replacement



88 posted on 02/10/2009 8:17:08 AM PST by ironwill (I want my daddy's records.)
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To: cripplecreek

If this thing belongs to us, then we better get more test flights in before Obama cancels it. At least we can hold onto the plans until after the revolution.


89 posted on 02/10/2009 8:23:38 AM PST by catbertz
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To: JRios1968

LOL.. I saw real swamp gas in the air last week - according to that chart!


90 posted on 02/10/2009 8:25:06 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 ((D) = Taking the Culture of Corruption to lower standards.)
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To: GonzoGOP

Looks like AWACS on a B-2 to me, why anyone would want that is another question. Seems sort of contradictory.


91 posted on 02/10/2009 8:26:00 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: ironwill

92 posted on 02/10/2009 8:28:00 AM PST by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: JamesP81
It’s obviously a Cylon baseship.

Nah. Too small for that. It's obviously Starbuck's resurrected Viper.

93 posted on 02/10/2009 8:31:41 AM PST by Jen (The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.)
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To: al baby

I would suspect a very hollow ringing sound


94 posted on 02/10/2009 8:31:58 AM PST by Man from Oz
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
Some sort of a blended-wing-body with slightly down-turned wingtips?

If that is a turbofan with a rudder above, my guess this would be civilian. I don't know squat about Radar Cross Sections, by my guess with that rudder/engine sticking up liek that it is not military.

A single jet? perhaps something to compete against the new Piper and Cirrus Single Jets....

95 posted on 02/10/2009 8:39:00 AM PST by taildragger (Palin / Mulally 2012)
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96 posted on 02/10/2009 8:43:41 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: SonOfDarkSkies; All

I am always amazed that people believe aliens would travel light years to find life, only to fly off without attempting to make contact.

If there is life, especially life intelligent enough to make it across the galaxy, I believe it would be smarter than that.


97 posted on 02/10/2009 8:46:51 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
I am always amazed that people believe aliens would travel light years to find life, only to fly off without attempting to make contact.

What if they just folded space and traveled 50 feet...and after taking a look at us they decided against direct contact.;-)

98 posted on 02/10/2009 8:49:39 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

They added a tail to the B-2?

I missed that mod ;-)


99 posted on 02/10/2009 8:50:59 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Blueflag

Make that “trailing edge” instead of “tail”...


100 posted on 02/10/2009 8:52:15 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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