[extropy-chat] FWD (UFO UpDate) Re: Length Of Mexican UFO Sighting?

[Terry W. Colvin]

From: Bruce Maccabee <brumac at compuserve.com>
To: <ufoupdates at virtuallystrange.net>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:33:05 -0400
Subject: Re: Length Of Mexican UFO Sighting?


>From: Carl Feindt <waterufo at prodigy.net>
>To: <ufoupdates at virtuallystrange.net>
>Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 15:07:04 -0400
>Subject: Length Of Mexican UFO Sighting?

>Hello List,

>Just a quickie as I've had to delete most of the Mexican 
>sighting text. I was wondering if there was a total elapsed time 
>that these items were tracked (Radar though departure) as that 
>might be a limiting factor on the "Ball lightening" idea?

According to Linda Howe's web site the time between the first 
and the last FLIR images is about 35 minutes.

No time has been given from the first radar contact to when the 
FLIR was turned on. However the initial distance was about 37 
miles (according to Linda). The plane probably traveled at about 
200 mph or 3.33 miles per minute suggesting about 11 minutes to 
catch up if the object wasn't moving. If it was, then the 
differential speed would have been lower and the time longer. 
This is something I am trying to check up on.

Hence 45 minutes total time is probably not a bad estimate. I 
presume the Air Traffic Control that was monitoring the 
plane would know exactly.


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