Greetings, Jim!
  On 28 Nov 97, Jim Sanders entered the following ASCII codes for the express 
viewing pleasure of Bill Wunsch:
 JS> BILL,
 JS>
 JS>      In a message dated 11-26-97 you wrote ...
 JS>
 >> The U.S. Air Force covered up the incident by saying a load of 500-pound
 >> conventional practice bombs had been jettisoned.  The B-50 bomber later
 >> landed safely at a Maine air base.
 >>
 >> Unquote
 JS>
 JS>
 JS>  Because it came from a newspaper does not make it truthful..
True.  However, I believe the book the article was based on is as acurate as 
many other "history" books.  The material is based on the usual sources such 
as crew interviews and information obtained through freedom of information 
acts.
 JS>
 JS>  I have flown many missions OVER CANADA with much more potent
 JS>  weapons than those. We had full agreement with the Canadian
 JS>  Government... Why try to dig up something that is at least
 JS>  50 years old... There was NO danger to Canadian citizens at
 JS>  the time...
I am not trying to dig anything up.  I never said that there was any 
violation of any agreements.  I never said anyone was in danger.
 JS> Only the hysteria scattered by your newspapers.
I don't think there any hysteria created.  I don't think there was any intent 
to spread any hysteria.  I am not aware that the article carried in the local 
paper resulted in a single comment from anyone locally.
 JS>  I have flown ovver BOTH areas many times... With and without
 JS>  weapons. I am sure the jettison was in accord with US/Canadian
 JS>  agreement or the crew would not have done it...
I am sure that is correct.
 JS>
 JS>  If you have spent as many years as I on a SAC bomber crew.
 JS>  You will see that NO MISTAKES were ever made in handling of
 JS>  weapons... Regardless of what your 50 year old news account
 JS>  had to say...
No one said any mistakes were made.  The article said normal procedures were 
followed.
The article was based on the first volume on a research project.  This was 
not a "witch hunt" book.  There was no cross country tour of TV and radio 
talk shows trying to stir anything up.
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