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Date Posted: 18:52:54 01/01/05 Sat
Author: crash
Subject: Re: Possible explanation for "the Whale" sighting
In reply to: crash 's message, "Re: Possible explanation for "the Whale" sighting" on 18:46:04 01/01/05 Sat

>>Just read "the Whale" sighting; sounds to me like it
>>could be an Antonov AN-124--particularly the
>>description of the "shovel" nose of the aircraft.
>>Would be quite possible that one could have been
>>around Tinker AFB, visiting Russian liason unit, or
>>one of the many Soviet bloc aircraft that the USAF has
>>on hand. Noteworthy, but not really that unusual, and
>>certainly not some "stealth black ops" AC....

Possibly but An124 aircraft are in service worldwide
as cargo planes to provide revenue to their operators.

I myself personally witnessed an AN-124 (there's
no mistaking one from within hundreds of away)
landing at the Minneapolis St. Paul International
airport. I was in a metro transit bus when I saw
it landing and it crossed the highway at a height
of perhaps 150 feet less than half a quarter mike
away.

It was truly immense. As far as Steve Douglass goes,
I think he'd know an Antonov versus the "Whale" A/C.

My understanding is the aircraft was here to haul
a series of railroad locomotives or other heavy
cargo to another country on a lease basis.

FYI. My two cents.

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