� � � � �����������������������������ͻ � T R U S T N O O N E � �����������������������������ͼ � � � � /\ +--+ +----+ / \ //======// ===\\ / \ // // \\ / \ //====// ==\\ +------------+ /// \\======================================/// \\====================================/// Things to beware of in 1997: Contamination of water and food supplies by an unknown micro organism which will make the 'flesh eating' bacteria look benevolent. ------------------------------------------------------------------- * Forwarded from "INFO.PARANET" * Originally by Daveb Edwards * Originally to All * Originally dated 5 Jun 1995, 18:05 From: [email protected] (Daveb Edwards) Date: 4 Jun 95 01:30:00 GMT Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Newsgroups: alt.paranet.ufo ====================================================== THE B2 BOMBER: COULD IT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOMERANG UFO SIGHTINGS? ====================================================== Reports of boomerang-shaped UFO's are a permanent part of UFO records. Cases in point, the Hudson Valley sightings (documented in the book Night Siege- The Hudson Valley UFO sightings, by Philip J. Imbrogo and a sighting in Florida, April 1993. After doing a little digging, we cannot help but wonder if *some* of them might be attributed to the B2 Stealth bomber. The stealth fighter we all heard about during the Persian Gulf War was the Lockheed F-117. It first flew i 1981 and was used in combat during the Panama invasion and the Gulf War. The Northrop B2 Stealth Bomber first flew in 1989, and was not used in the Gulf War. It was developed with a specific mission in mind- to fly deep into Soviet territory and drop nuclear weapons on silos containing ICBMs. It was also supposed to hit the underground shelters that housed Soviet leaders. The B2 was also supposed to seek out and destroy Soviet mobile missile launchers such as SS24s and SS25s. The B2, essentially flying wing incorporating radar-defeating technology, has no pods to mount weapons. It goes into battle naked. Since it is said to be solely subsonic, it's an easy target if it is sighted visually by interceptors, particular since it does not have afterburners. The B2 is designed with few radar-reflecting surfaces. Engines, fuel tanks and weapons are inside the aircraft. Air for the engines comes from inlets on the top wing surface. Materials selected to defeat radar (radar absorbing materials) are used extensively. Carbon fiber, glass fiber and other composites are used heavily. And the glass canopy is coated with gold to prevent radar reflection off objects inside the cockpit. The specs for the B2 are: Builder: Northrop Corp. Aircraft type: Long rangestrategic bomber Engines: Four General Electric F118-GE Turbofans. Each delivers 19,000 pounds thrust. Length: 69 feet Height: 17 feet Wingspan: 172 feet Loaded weight: 376,000 pounds Speed: Subsonic Range: To 7,500 miles Some reports say boomerang-shaped UFOs "were as big as a football field". With a wingspan of 172 feet, we can't see how such errors in estimation of size could be made. Unless it was witnessed at tree-top level with no other objects to gage size. The Sirius Connection editors have seen USAF photos of the B2 in flight, and yes- it looks weird and a perfect candidate for a UFO sighting. Images of the B2 are available as .GIF images B2A.GIF and B2B.GIF in the free-to-all Browse Library of Sirius Connection. The images are not spectacular, but they are the only ones we have been able to track down. A few interesting questions arise now that the Soviet Union is no more. As of July 17, 1989 about $22 billion had been spent to produce the B2. The USAF was supposed to get 132 of them at $865 million a copy. That was cut to 75 by the DOD in April of 1990. Additional budget cuts in the program reduced the number significantly. How many actually were built? Beyond the three known to exist in 1991, who knows? And with all all those variable wing surfaces, could it be that that the B2 has the ability to fly very slowly? Stall-speed data is not available. Boomerang-shaped UFO reports frequently mention that the objects can move slowly. And what of the future of the B2s? At $865 million a copy, it is not logical they would be scrapped, but rather used as flying test-beds for even more advanced technology. Hope this has helped shed some light on a possible cause of *some* of the boomerang-shaped UFO sightings. ======================================================= S I R I U S C O N N E C T I O N a service of: _/ \_ SIRIUS ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 730 \ / Barrie, Ontario Canada L4M 4Y5 /_ _\ Voice: 705-737-0125 | Dataline (V.32 bis to 14.4K baud) 705-737-0728 705-737-3030 SERVING invention*entrepreneurship*business energy*space*astronomy*ufos =======================================================