Monday March 17

March 17th, 2008 Posted in March 2008

R esearch on Drones never really stopped on Open Minds. It has only been delayed for nearly two months in the event of Stephenville, Texas. Then the images of three new devices (Michigan, Oregon and Tennessee) have received scant attention, but they have reinforced the impression of strangeness gear original May-June 2007. Finally, it is mainly the two stories published by Linda Moulton Howe March 7 (Oklahoma and Arkansas), which brought researchers to California and the town of Capitola.

An example of joint research with this proposal MajicBar: "The changes if specific behavior, the drone Rajman might be explained by the presence of a coastal wind would drift, or because he had another use, and it seems that its rotation remarkable. Perhaps Are there a means of electrostatic propulsion, provided by the tail, and that explains they need to turn on itself to change direction. "
In response, Nekitamo produced a study of movement in this drone Capitol: "I t is possible that the equipment was moved in a straight line to a nearly constant speed, while Raj took the images 13 to 15. I made an overlay, by altering the contrast, to represent this idea:

MajicBar comments: "Consider, as mentioned earlier, the central ring has a diameter of 6 feet. The UAV moves toward the north, the value of two rings in 23 seconds, so it travels 12 feet in 23 seconds, 36 feet in 60 seconds and 2160 feet is about 800 meters per hour with a light breeze. If, as in assembling photos 17 and 18 of Raj, the breeze blowing from the south, it would be characteristic of a normal day of spring. But I am not sure whether the actual conditions on the coast of Capitola at the time. The UAV moves slowly, and the position of the tail does not necessarily perform a movement of translation.
The rules are moving on. If three times in four runs for the drone to move, and the tail propels it forward, at least that's what appears to be the case, we do not have enough examples to make sure that it is its mode of operation. "

T he F-117, first fighter who had stealth technology, will cease flying on 22 April. After 27 years of service in the Air Force, the F-117 will join the basis of Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, where they had made their first flight in 1981. A farewell ceremony was held on the basis of Wright-Patterson in Dayton, Ohio. They will be kept in flying condition. " The F-117 has been suspected as an explanation for many observations of triangular UFOs. The Government does not intend to use it again, except in case of need. "

The Air Force decided to accelerate the withdrawal of the F-117 to allow funding for a modernization of the active fleet. Fifty-nine copies of the F-117 were in service, 10 were withdrawn in December 2006 and 27 thereafter. Seven aircraft were lost, one in Serbia in 1999. Source CNN

The F-117 will be replaced by the F-22 Raptor, also made by Lockheed, which also has stealth technology (the plane is completely covered with paint absorbing radar waves), and can fly at Mach 2.42 (2,575 kph). Designed in the late 1980s, its first flight in 1990 but has been put into service in December 2005. " OM Rocket01 surprised about this withdrawal, which seems premature: "I remain convinced that the U.S. military have other assets in their sleeves, in addition to the Raptor."