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| USAF Aerostat deflates, falls into Sierra Vista neighborhoods |
| 2011-05-10 |
| According to the National Weather Service Forecast Center in Tucson, from 12:55 p.m. to 1:55 p.m., the time parameters of the incident, winds were 23 to 28 mph, gusting to 47 mph. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 D *** NG IT, DATS WHAT THE US MIL SAID AT ROSWELL! hehe. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-10 20:36 |
| #1 I lived there in the early 80's when the aerostat was first introduced as the ultimate cure for the flagging drug war. A newspaper friend of mine (who has since won a Pulitzer) was invited to the unveiling: he was shown live video shots from the aerostat following a truck/drug convoy from Hermosillo to the border. U.S. forces then seized the cargo. Nice dog and pony show story...but as an answer to smuggling the aerostat has not lived up to its initial billing. p.s. Then I moved to the artist-colony town of Bisbee - discovering it to be a place where people went to bars to sober up from their yayo. Thirty miles away but in the Twilight Zone. ________________________ nostalgic Borgboy |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-05-10 14:21 |