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Originally posted by dj05544
If we had disclosure we wouldn't have to keep playing this game of "I saw it, the military denies it"
If its them- covering up the real stephenville lights- I wouldnt be surprised
However, if its indeed the same aircraft- I would be shocked. Its rare you get such a huge phenomenon to happen to the same place. Texas is known for bases though...i dont know if we'll ever figure it out...
Is it a message? are we being warned? or are we just bein' fooled by our own government yet again....?
only time will tell
Originally posted by TheAgentNineteen
I hate to say it, but the effect visible in those photos is very familiar to me. Whenever a camera is either set in "Night Mode", or allowed a slight time-lapse in the shutter (which is necessary for capturing enough light in dark environments), the absolute SLIGHTEST movement, even a slight breeze, will create that effect. Zooming in only enhances the effect even worse. The one with Red, Green, and White lights in the zig-zag appears to be an Airplane shot in this mode. As for the others, I do not know what the original lighting source is, and it could very well be an Unidentified Craft, but the effect is no doubt created by a combination of what I mentioned above.
Originally posted by queenannie38
I mean, as far as military bases and what-not?
Anything nuclear connected with Stephenville?
December 31, 2007 notes:
A few miles south of Walnut Springs, behind significant hills on the west side of the site, and dense foliage on the east side, lies what appears to be an abandoned airport. Terrain and foliage, plus relative distance from highway TX-144 on the west side, and highway TX-927 on the east side, prevent unrestricted viewing of the location.
The facility is not marked as abandoned (magenta circle with an "x" centered on the circle) on any VFR sectional, or, any other aerial navigation map, unlike other abandoned or closed airports across the world, and by ICAO convention (International Civil Aviation Organization).
However, online photography does show both "runways" on site (there is a large, main runway of about 6,000 feet in length, and a smaller, slightly fan-shaped surface of about 1,500 feet in length), marked with what appears to be FAA-standard yellow "x" markings, indicating the surfaces are abandoned runways, but are unusable, unsafe, or both.
The physical location is inside a rough triangle that is composed of the cities of Walnut Springs, Morgan, and Meridian. The latitude and longitude is N 32.02536, W -97.67854, respectively.
The mystery airport is not the Diamond Seven Ranch private airstrip, located north-northwest of Morgan.
The site is easily found on all free mapping web sites. Microsoft TerraServer USA and Google Maps have the best photography of the location yet found.
All roads leading to the location are closed with green-painted US Government gates, and "No Trespassing" signs abound. The described signage is true for the entrance from TX-927, and TX-144.
January 1, 2008 Update:
Overnight research and correspondence has provided a potential explanation for this location's "mystery" airport.
Apparently, the site is a either a former, or still active, testing location for cross-section reflectivity of different types of ground- and aircraft-based radar. The relative proximity of the Ft. Worth, Texas, military/industrial manufacturing base may have a bearing on the facility. The facility is not a runway for aircraft, in the conventional sense.
Several similar locations can be found in California and Florida.
- The installation is on the east side of Highway 144 between Walnut Springs, TX and Meridian, TX.
- The whole complex is around 3,000 acres in size….
- has a high game fence, plus an extra razor wire fence
- there are 2 private runways; one is 6000ft long
- gates on each highway entrance= government green gates
- Trespassing warning signs
- on one of the airstrips, there is nearby a tubular structure, which seems to go underground-possibly testing stealth wing designs there?
Originally posted by Alphard
Well it crossed my mind that it would be a 'good idea' from the military's side to get something up, over Stephenville, that is strange but natural... and let people make a big fuzz about it saying 'it is back' or similar.
And then explain the actual nature of the sighting. (flares or similar)
Effectively nullifying the previous TRUE sighting as well as people would assume the 2 were the same thing.
Originally posted by fooffstarr
Originally posted by TheAgentNineteen
I hate to say it, but the effect visible in those photos is very familiar to me. Whenever a camera is either set in "Night Mode", or allowed a slight time-lapse in the shutter (which is necessary for capturing enough light in dark environments), the absolute SLIGHTEST movement, even a slight breeze, will create that effect. Zooming in only enhances the effect even worse. The one with Red, Green, and White lights in the zig-zag appears to be an Airplane shot in this mode. As for the others, I do not know what the original lighting source is, and it could very well be an Unidentified Craft, but the effect is no doubt created by a combination of what I mentioned above.
Thats exactly right.
Why are people saying 'i've never seen anything like it?'... It's long exposure of a single light source, not some glyph in the sky. That is painfully obvious.
It could literally be anything, such as a plane, and be made by using something like a 1 second shutter speed and jiggling the camera.
There is really nothing amazing in that photo, and once again, it is evidence of nothing except bad photography.
[edit on 14-2-2008 by fooffstarr]
if anybody wants pics or whatever from the area let me know.
January 1, 2008 Update:
Overnight research and correspondence has provided a potential explanation for this location's "mystery" airport.
Apparently, the site is a either a former, or still active, testing location for cross-section reflectivity of different types of ground- and aircraft-based radar. The relative proximity of the Ft. Worth, Texas, military/industrial manufacturing base may have a bearing on the facility. The facility is not a runway for aircraft, in the conventional sense.
Several similar locations can be found in California and Florida.