Posted on 10/23/2002 10:19:56 AM PDT by Nexus
Mods, please don't delete this. This is a big story in Albany, and the object is obviously similar to the one that streaked across the NY skies on 9/11, which was caught on tape by equally respectable sources...
From Fox 23 Albany:
A STRANGE SIGHT IN THE SKIES OVER THE CAPITAL REGION - NO ONE KNOWS YET WHAT IS WAS - BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE THE FBI SCRAMBLING TO TAKE A LOOK.
ONE OF OUR VIDEOGRAPHERS WAS SHOOTING A PLANE TAKING OFF FROM THE ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - AT THE SAME TIME THE STRANGE OBJECT STREAKED THROUGH THE SKY - IT WAS MOVING SO FAST, HE DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT, UNTIL HE PLAYED HIS TAPE IN SLOW MOTION.
WE'RE TOLD THE OBJECT DID *NOT SHOW UP ON RADAR. AUTHORITIES WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THE VIDEO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FLYING OBJECT IS. WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED
If their server is down (which it is currently), here is an alternate link to the video: Video Clip (approx. 2.9 megs, cross-platform Quicktime) - you may need to add .mov to the end of the file name to play the clip
Call them rods. They are about 4 feet long and move about 300 mph. Unless one passes quite near, within 100 yards, in good sunlight, it will be next to impossible to see. They move just beyond the noticing for most people. If you can see a BB in flight from your Red Rider BB gun, you may be able to see a rod.
I thought you were kidding, but they are there on Art Bell's site. Weird.
And I thought YOU were kidding, but similar photos are at Art's site.
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