-=> Quoting Jack Sargeant to Fred Austin <=-
 >  -=> Quoting Jack Sargeant to All <=-
 
 >  JS> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:02:52 +0100
 >  JS> Subject: Fwd: Art Bell's Update On Phoenix Sightings
 
 >  JS> 1000 feet in the air that was immense in size.  Many of the
 >  JS> witnesses estimated the object to be over 20 blocks long!  Many
 >  JS> got out of there cars to watch it fly by as it was moving very
 >  JS> slowly at this point. Some even reported that the object was so
 >  JS> low there headlights reflected off of it. It obviously was using
 >  JS> some sort of anti-gravity propulsion.
 
 JS> The post in question is, of course, one of the updates I cross-posted
 JS> from a news group, and not one of my own concoctions. However, just to
 JS> make a point, think about the dirigible construction process for a
 JS> moment. It is theoretically possible to construct a dirigible as big
 JS> as the one depicted in the Phoenix incident.
    Hi Jack,
    
         Concerning  all  of  this,  my simple  comment of  course was 
something that big would have people  tying up  911, etc,  I think  it 
would have caught the military's notice and your F-16s would have been 
there etc etc, Someone could build a dirigible of course, but think of 
the expense.  Is it worth it.  I cannot say what people saw,lights  on 
balloons, a big hoax, perhaps,I just cannot subscribe to the idea that
(for real), something is going to fly in that is  20 blocks  long, sit 
over a city, and not cause  a major  panic, lighting  up phones  lines 
from one side of the continent  to the  other.  That  is not  the real 
world.  Unless of course  Phoenix is  a pretty  dead city,  which some 
people would have to testify to  and may  :).  But  a solid  object 20 
blocks  long?   People  would  have  their  guns out  shooting at  it, 
especially if it looked menacing.  No I think  this is  something that 
is being "enhanced"  along the way......
Happy Trails,
Fred.
 Internet: Fred.Austin@juxta.mn.pubnix.net   
           Fred.Austin@sphinx.hughestech.com 
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