campmaster-k wrote:I dont know about UFOs but I see Zombies every day. And I am very afraid of them.
Only because yer not "packin".
I'd reconsider if I were in your shoes.
Gus
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Do you believe in UFO?
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Re: Do you believe in UFO?
by eamarquardt » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:36 pm
Only because yer not "packin".
I'd reconsider if I were in your shoes.
Gus
The opinions in this post are my own. My comments are directed to those that might like an alternative approach to those already espoused.There is the right way,the wrong way,the USMC way, your way, my way, and the highway.
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"You can't handle the truth!"-Jack Nicholson "A Few Good Men"
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"I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it." Klaatu-"The Day the Earth Stood Still"
"You can't handle the truth!"-Jack Nicholson "A Few Good Men"
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Re: Do you believe in UFO?
by jeff0520 » Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:37 pm
Ok, You asked for it.....Here's my UFO story.
One of my many hobbies is flying. About 15 years ago I was flying a Diamond Katana DA-120 with a flight instructor. We were on approach to Huntsville International airport on the downwind leg of the pattern when ATC called us on the radio and said "Katana one mike foxtrot, Huntsville Aproach, Traffic warning, unidentified traffic at 180, Primary radar contact only, aircraft type and altitude unknown." Now this was significant as Huntsville is class c airspace, meaning that a transponder with mode C capibility is required to fly in the airspace. In plain english, any airplane traveling in that area is required to have equipment that tells the ATC tracking radar the type of aircraft, it's altitude, and identifies the specific aircraft by an assigned transponder code. The "primary radar contact only" meant that they had no data on it, other than it bounced a radar beam back. Particularly dense flocks of birds can do that, so they weren't completely sure if it was anything to worry about or not, but wanted to warn us to be on the lookout.
Well, I started looking for the traffic, and out in front of me I saw the steriotypical flying suacer. I asked my flight instructor, "Do you see that?" and pointed. He said, "Yep." I aksed him, "Do we report this or something?" My flight instructor looked at me sharply and said,"ABSOLUTLY NOT! When you fly airplanes, you sometimes see wierd things like that. If you report it, they will call you crazy, suspend your FAA medical certificate, and then you can't fly airplanes any more. The ONLY time you report something like that is if you have to take evasive maneuvers in controlled airspace and you have to explain to an FAA administrator why you deviated from ATC instructions."
Then we did the two 90 degree turns to come around to final approach. once we turned it was behind us and out of my field of view. After we landed, I looked for it, but never saw it again.
One of my many hobbies is flying. About 15 years ago I was flying a Diamond Katana DA-120 with a flight instructor. We were on approach to Huntsville International airport on the downwind leg of the pattern when ATC called us on the radio and said "Katana one mike foxtrot, Huntsville Aproach, Traffic warning, unidentified traffic at 180, Primary radar contact only, aircraft type and altitude unknown." Now this was significant as Huntsville is class c airspace, meaning that a transponder with mode C capibility is required to fly in the airspace. In plain english, any airplane traveling in that area is required to have equipment that tells the ATC tracking radar the type of aircraft, it's altitude, and identifies the specific aircraft by an assigned transponder code. The "primary radar contact only" meant that they had no data on it, other than it bounced a radar beam back. Particularly dense flocks of birds can do that, so they weren't completely sure if it was anything to worry about or not, but wanted to warn us to be on the lookout.
Well, I started looking for the traffic, and out in front of me I saw the steriotypical flying suacer. I asked my flight instructor, "Do you see that?" and pointed. He said, "Yep." I aksed him, "Do we report this or something?" My flight instructor looked at me sharply and said,"ABSOLUTLY NOT! When you fly airplanes, you sometimes see wierd things like that. If you report it, they will call you crazy, suspend your FAA medical certificate, and then you can't fly airplanes any more. The ONLY time you report something like that is if you have to take evasive maneuvers in controlled airspace and you have to explain to an FAA administrator why you deviated from ATC instructions."
Then we did the two 90 degree turns to come around to final approach. once we turned it was behind us and out of my field of view. After we landed, I looked for it, but never saw it again.
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