| Subject: Re: Google Earth overaly for the tall tower at Groom Lake |
| From: obviouslydelusional |
| Date: 15/02/2009, 03:23 |
| Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.area51 |
On Feb 14, 5:48 pm, "m...@sushi.com" <m...@sushi.com> wrote:
www.lazygranch.com/google_earth/tower.kmz
Using the shadow of a 737 as a reference (object of known height), I
put the tower at 65 meters. If correct, this new structure doesn't see
much outside the base. It does see Badger and I think Hayford Peak.
Still, if the base wanted range, they wouldn't put up this freakin'
expensive tower.
Everyone wants good cell phone coverage. Why should the base be any
different? It's a black budget cell phone tower. Only difference is
that it can reach Zeta Reticuli. Hope they have free roaming.
Check your math on this though. Height of a 737 tail is about 41.25'
high. Using the GE measurement tool, the 737 tail shadow measures at
about 60'. The tower shadow measures about 203'. This is a little
tricky, as you need to guess a little as to the position of the base
of the tower.
By proportionality, 41.25/60 = tower height/203
Thus tower height = 139.5' or 42.5 meters.