Info-ParaNet Newsletters Volume I Number 318

 


                Info-ParaNet Newsletters   Volume I  Number 318


                           Friday, October 19th 1990


Today's Topics:


                         Horse-patooties and sonic booms

                              Re: Mystery Teletype

                              Re: Mystery Teletype

                                  Faked UFO Pictures

                            Aviation Week & Space Tec

                         Horse-patooties And Sonic Booms

                         Horse-patooties and sonic booms

                              Odd aircraft and X-31

                             Re: Faked Ufo Pictures

                                 The Salisberrys


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From: Tom Betz <tbetz@upaya.UCAR.EDU>

Subject: Horse-patooties and sonic booms

Date: 16 Oct 90 04:11:59 GMT



| From: Jim.Speiser@f37.n114.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Speiser)

|

| I'm terribly sorry, but the preceding articles are horse patooties. A craft

| travelling at such a tremendous speed would HAVE to create a sonic boom.

| Since no sonic boom was reported, the entire article has to be classed as

| highly suspect.


(Presuming you ain't jivin' here) That ain't necessarily so.

Aerodynamicists have been working very hard on controlling the

shock wave around supersonic craft, reducing the included angle

of the cone, and 'wrapping' it around the craft itself, so it

never hits the ground, hence can not be heard.


It is quite possible that this has been accomplished in some of

these black-budget aircraft.


I'll review the postings again, and seek out this set of AvWeek

articles, to see if mention of this is made.


| Well, that's exactly the kind of crap you hear in the FIDO SCIENCE echo

| anytime you mention UFOs.


Now, now, no need to slam these poor fools...


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'Ever since the fateful day when Al heard about      |

 that `Follow Your Bliss' thing, it's been just      |      Tom Betz - GBS

 cannoli, cannoli, and more cannoli.' - Peter Hannah |      (914) 375-1510





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From: John.Burke@f20.n1011.z9.FIDONET.ORG (John Burke)

Subject: Re: Mystery Teletype

Date: 15 Oct 90 01:26:00 GMT


JD> ...many people seem to want to shift the focus from whether Mr. Ed

  > is on the up and up, to attacking those who don't support Mr. Ed.


Jim:

      I'm also amused by the tactic (as demonstrated by Budd Hopkins on

pg 20 of the July-Aug `90 issue of _IUR_) of using Ed's children as

"human shields" to absorb the charges of "HOAXER!" being fired at

Ed.  In this way such a critic can be characterized as besmirching the

reputations of innocent *children*.  (-- which just happens to be what

Ed did to Tom Mock and now Tommy Smith.)


     When did Laura or Dan Walters ever go on the record as claiming to

have seen Ed take any of his photographs?  Noone could be blamed for

attempting to implicate Laura or Dan in a hoax unless these kids had

made such a claim.

                        --  John

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From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks)

Subject: Re: Mystery Teletype

Date: 15 Oct 90 15:30:00 GMT



 > Am I reading your messages correctly??   You are saying that

 > Ed's videos show that the UFO stayed within one video scanline

 > and that is verification of authenticity???


  My info came from Bruce Maccabee's paper on his analysis of the

video. I'll have to re-read it to be sure of all the details, and I'll

let you know.


                                           jbh


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From: Charlie Turner <CHARLIE@umvma.bitnet>

Subject:      Faked UFO Pictures

Date: 16 Oct 90 17:54:51 GMT



Speaking of faked UFO pictures, one of the TV network home video shows

(on ABC I think) announced a contest for people to send in their

best fake UFO videos. Best presumably in this context means funniest,

most outrageous, etc. I can't wait to see what they come up with!





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From: Michael.Corbin@f110.n208.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin)

Subject: Aviation Week & Space Tec

Date: 13 Oct 90 14:42:00 GMT



 * Forwarded from "Fido UFO Echo"

 * Originally from Harrison Hopper

 * Originally dated 10-09-90 16:09


     First of all, there was no new information in this weeks Aviation Week &

Space Technology (October 8, 1990) on any developments in the Nevada desert.


     However, there was an interesting letter to the editor regarding one of

the aircraft mentioned in the earlier articles:


     At the recent Tailhook Symposium, I listened to the first public briefing

on the Navy's newest attack aircraft, the A-12 Avenger. After the presentation

I saw someone I had not seen for several years.


     "Hey, did you see the A-12 presentation?" I asked.


     "Yes," he said, smirking, the grin indigenous to everyone associated with

a "black" program.


     "What did you think of it?" I asked.


     "I can't talk about it," he said.


     "Why not?" I asked.


     "Well, I've been on the program for a long time and it's very classified

and I mean very."


     "I'm not asking you to reveal classified information," I insisted. "I

merely wondered what you thought of the briefing."


     "If I were to comment on the briefing, that might add credence to

something they said, and that could be construed as divulging classified

information," my acquantance said.


     "Don't you think you're carrying 'classified information' a little too

far?" I asked.


     "Are you kidding?" my colleage replied. "Listen, this program has been so

tight that we were not even allowed to sit near someone eating a bag of Dorito

Corn Chips."


     "Why not?" I akded incredulously.


     "Because if we sat close to someone eating a Dorito, that might be

construed as acknowledging the shape of the aircraft," he said.


     My wife, a fan of Katherine Anne Porter, turned to me and said: "Obviousl

the code name for the program when it was 'black' must have been 'A Chip of

Fools.'"


     Perhaps the real name of the airplane should have been the A-12 Dorito.


                                       James P. Stevenson

                                  Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.


     Actually, the A-12 *is* shaped like a Dorito!


     hop



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From: Michael.Corbin@f110.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin)

Subject: Horse-patooties And Sonic Booms

Date: 16 Oct 90 14:53:00 GMT



 > From: postmaster@scicom.alphacdc.com

 > Date: 16 Oct 90 04:11:59 GMT

 > Message-ID: <7247@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>

 > Newsgroups: info.paranet

 >

 > From: Tom Betz <tbetz@upaya.UCAR.EDU>


I am curious as to what part microwaves play in aerodynamics.  I

have heard that microwaves are used.  For what?


Thanks,


Mike


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From: Jim.Speiser@f37.n114.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Speiser)

Subject: Horse-patooties and sonic booms

Date: 17 Oct 90 06:13:00 GMT



 > (Presuming you ain't jivin' here)



Jivin' I is, Tom. I know they've been working on it, and furthermore I know

they'll eventually solve the problem. I only raised the point to show how

short-sighted some "scientific types" can be.


Jim


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From: '23BMSDO' <23bmsdo@sacemnet.af.mil>

Subject: Odd aircraft and X-31

Date: 18 Oct 90 07:51:53 GMT



Mike -

  I think there is more to the recent Roswell fly-bys than first meets the

eye. After talking to the Flight Service Station people at Roswell field

less than a week afterward ...they made some comments that didn't point to

USAF aircraft. We don't drop flares and chaff on civilians.

----------

Jim Speiser - I'll be at Edwards AFB this weekend(19-21 Oct) and if I see

anything I'll be sure not to tell you. Especially if I run across any of

Lazar's saucers!!(grin).  Here is something that might tickle your

interest:.................

----------------

X-31 MAKES FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT



     The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/U. S. Navy X-31A

Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability demonstrator aircraft today successfully

completed its first flight.


     The X-31 took off from runway 07 at Rockwell International's Palmdale,

Calif., facility at 12:36 p.m. (PDT).  During the 38-minute flight, the X-31

accelerated to a speed of   approximately 340 mils per hour and reached an

altitude of 10,000 feet.   The plane returned to Palmdale and will now undergo

additional air worthiness tests and then begin to fully expand its operating

envelope in subsequent lights, which are expected shortly.


     During the flight, the plane, flown by Rockwell chief test pilot Ken

Dyson, exhibited the expected flying qualities and subsystem performance.


     The X-31's operating envelope includes controlled flight beyond the

aircraft's aerodynamic lift limit ('high angles of attack').  This capability

is achieved through a highly sophisticated digital flight control system that

includes an integrated vectored thrust system using thrust vectoring paddles.

The X-31 is intended to demonstrate whether it is possible to controllably

exploit this high angle of attack flight regime and thus allow a fighter

aircraft to achieve tighter, faster turns, which would be a definie tactical

advantage during close in combat.


     After watching the first flight Lt. Col. John 'Tack' Nix, the X-31

program manager at DARPA, stated that, 'We really are anxious to expand the

flight envelope and put the X-31 through its paces.  This first flight repre-

sents a triumph of trust and perseverance of the integrated Rockwell/MBB/U.S.

Navy/German/DARPA team.   The flight test phase will continue to require the

very best efforts of all organizations involved to fully demonstrate the uniqu

maneuvering potential contained in the two X-31 airframes.'


     The X-31 is the first international experimental aircraft development

program undertaken by the U.S.  The U.S. contractor building the two demonstra

tor aircraft is Rockwell International; Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) is th

German contractor.  The Naval Air Systems Command is DARPA's agent for the U.S

portion of theprogram and is providing both technical management and contract-

ing support.


-----------------end

Enjoy....






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From: Mike.Keithly@f320.n207.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Keithly)

Subject: Re: Faked Ufo Pictures

Date: 19 Oct 90 05:11:00 GMT


Maybe Ed Walters Paper Plates??

       Mike Keithly

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From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks)

Subject: The Salisberrys

Date: 18 Oct 90 18:00:00 GMT



 JS> Forgive me if I've asked this before, but what do you know

 JS> about Rex and Carol Salisberry now claiming to be convinced

 JS> that Ed is a hoaxer? I have now heard this from two

 JS> sources.


  Rex has never said that to me. He's generally stayed away from the Ed

controversy. I'll give him a call this weekend and see if he'll say anything

about it.

  Rex is a very solid hardware-type investigator, so I don't think he'd be

going on hearsay or opinions.

  I'll pass along anything I find out.


                                                jbh


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