From sentto-2242572-60167-1038790646-jm=jmason.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Mon Dec 2 11:25:40 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064E816F1A for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:23:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 02 Dec 2002 11:23:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.101]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id gB20tw829069 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 00:55:58 GMT X-Egroups-Return: sentto-2242572-60167-1038790646-yyyy=spamassassin.taint.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.193] by n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Dec 2002 00:57:26 -0000 X-Sender: fortean1@mindspring.com X-Apparently-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 2 Dec 2002 00:57:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 53079 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2002 00:57:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Dec 2002 00:57:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hall.mail.mindspring.net) (207.69.200.60) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2002 00:57:25 -0000 Received: from 1cust36.tnt1.sierra-vista.az.da.uu.net ([68.129.20.36] helo=mindspring.com) by hall.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18Ieto-0003XX-00; Sun, 01 Dec 2002 19:57:24 -0500 Message-Id: <3DEAAFF1.C181D23F@mindspring.com> Organization: Terry's Bazaar X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: Forteana /Alternate Orphan/ , "skeptic@listproc.hcf.jhu.edu" , "TLC [UNofficial]" From: "Terry W. Colvin" X-Yahoo-Profile: terry_colvin2001 MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com; contact forteana-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 17:57:21 -0700 Subject: [zzzzteana] FWD [UASR][TheHickmanReport] Jets Attempt to Intercept 'Contrail' Reply-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jets Attempt to Intercept 'Contrail' By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP)--The military command responsible for the defense of North American airspace scrambled fighter jets in response to unverified reports of an airborne condensation trail, or contrail, moving from the Caribbean to the United States, defense officials said Thursday. Lt. Col. Michael Humm, a Pentagon spokesman, said the incident happened Wednesday and that the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs, Colo., was continuing to investigate. The reported contrail stirred concern because of the possibility that it could have indicated the presence of an unauthorized jet aircraft in or approaching American airspace. In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon has taken greater precautions to monitor U.S. airspace. A contrail is created by vapor from a jet engine in the presence of cold air. The jets that were scrambled to attempt to intercept and identify the source of the contrail found nothing, said Lt. Cmdr. Curtis Jenkins, a NORAD spokesman. He said NORAD had developed no new information since the initial report at 4 p.m. EST on Wednesday. NORAD is reviewing data from its tracking radars in search of evidence, he said. A Pentagon statement said NORAD received unverified reports of ``what appeared to be a contrail of unknown origin,'' originally in the vicinity of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. ``Initially, it was reported to be heading northwestward toward the United States,'' the statement said. ``Commercial airline pilots later reported the contrail over Florida and later over Indiana. Thereafter, no other sightings were reported.'' The reported contrail was never verified by visual or radar contact, the Pentagon statement said. At the Federal Aviation Administration, spokesman Paul Turk said, ``I'm aware of the reports.'' He referred all questions to NORAD. Jenkins said he was not sure who reported the initial sighting over the Caribbean. He also was unsure who requested NORAD to launch fighter jets or from which military bases they were scrambled. ``We don't necessarily judge or second-guess when a request comes to us to investigate'' a contrail, he said. Meanwhile, reports of a ball of fire streaking across the sky early Thursday had people throughout the Northwest flooding radio and television stations with calls reporting a meteor shower. It was believed that the light came from a Russian rocket body re-entering the Earth's atmosphere about 6:15 a.m. The U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha, Neb., and the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed a Russian rocket fell back to Earth, but gave no further details. AP-NY-11-28-02 1833EST Copyright 2002, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. -- Terry W. 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