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Originally posted by Gazrok
Guess we won't know till they are able to explore it with cameras, etc.
Even if they do though, the basic fact is that they were investigating a UFO tracked on radar, and sent specifically to intercept it, then perished.
Also, the Canadian airliner theory has been thoroughly discounted by the Canadians themselves.
Interesting update though.
Originally posted by robertfenix
No here is the REALLY super cool part, Radar data says the two images merged around 7,000 feet at an airspeed of roughly 500knotts.
So lets say mid air collision, 500 knotts, 7,000 feet over a lake, we know the plane lost one whole wing and ended up in the water......
At the bottom almost intact.....
500knotts, 7,000 feet up, missing one wing.... at the bottom of the lake intact.....
Doesnt that just send alarm bells off in your head.
Canopy closed and intact.....
no attempt to eject
no major fuselage damage... even after impacting the water after dropping from 7,000 feet.....
Originally posted by robertfenix
No here is the REALLY super cool part, Radar data says the two images merged around 7,000 feet at an airspeed of roughly 500knotts.
So lets say mid air collision, 500 knotts, 7,000 feet over a lake, we know the plane lost one whole wing and ended up in the water......
At the bottom almost intact.....
500knotts, 7,000 feet up, missing one wing.... at the bottom of the lake intact.....
Doesnt that just send alarm bells off in your head.
Canopy closed and intact.....
no attempt to eject
no major fuselage damage... even after impacting the water after dropping from 7,000 feet.....
Originally posted by Gazrok
PS - I believe that's a F-89 Scorpion in bluestreak's avatar....for a visual of the plane....
[edit on 6-9-2006 by Gazrok]
A plane in a collision isn't automatically going to shred
Originally posted by Zaphod58
It really depends on HOW it hit the lake. Small planes have impacted the water pretty hard, and barely been damaged externally. But that would explain why they didn't find it for so long. They were probably looking for something small, and ignoring the bigger target.