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From: campbell@ufomind.com (Glenn Campbell, Las Vegas) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 15:23:24 -0800 |
Here's a bit of nostalgia from the Freedom Ridge days.... On the morning of Oct. 31, 1994, I and an aviation journalist visited Freedom Ridge. I had my scanner tuned to the Groom Lake tower frequency, and the journalist was recording it with a small tape recorder. We never saw any secrect aircraft, but we did have the satisfaction of preventing something secret from landing. The following is a transcript of monitored Groom Lake Tower radio traffic, as close as the journalist could decipher it. We are mostly hearing only the tower side of the conversation, and there may be significant periods of silence between transmissions. "Watchdog" is the code word indicating that watchers are on Freedom Ridge. The "Red and White" is a "Janet" 737 bringing workers to the base -- a routine flight. "Pyramid" is presumed to be a visual or radio waypoint. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CAMINO 48, TO EXPECT A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32R, THE WIND IS CALM, ALTIMETER 3032, 36 DEGREES FOR NOW, PROCEED DIRECT TO PYRAMID CAMINO 04, SQUAWK 3031 WATCHDOG IS IN EFFECT, AT THIS TIME WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO GET YOU IN CAMINO 04, ROGER AH...IF YOU CAN MAINTAIN VFR RIGHT AROUND THE FRENCHMAN FLATS AREA...WE ONLY HAVE [STAFF ?] TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE SIXTY SERIES THERE'S A RED AND WHITE COMING IN BEHIND YOU CAMINO 04...APPROACH APPROVAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED JANET 305 CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH RUNWAY 32 RIGHT VIA PYRAMID CAMINO 04, NEED YOU TO WORK WEST A BIT [SO THAT YOU DON'T ?] ENTER INTO RANGE 64 NEED YOU TO HOLD AROUND THE FRENCHMAN FLATS AREA...ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? [CAMINO 04, APPROACH APPROVAL STILL WITHHELD] DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S GLENN CAMPBELL AND HE HAS NOT DEPARTED THE AREA. HE IS JUST DOWN THE HILL. WATCHDOG IS STILL IN EFFECT. [SECOND VOICE] UNDERSTAND YOU ARE BRINGING THE CAMINOS IN NOW? I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE D.O. AND THE S.O.F. AND TRY AND GET APPROVAL FOR YOU TO DO PATTERN WORK AS LONG AS GLENN CAMPBELL IS DOWN THE HILL THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE [BECAUSE] HE'S NOW FAR ENOUGH DOWN THE HILL WHERE THEY CAN'T SEE HIM [THIRD VOICE] THAT WOULD BE GREAT, WE CAN...AH...KEEP OUR PATTERN REAL LOW IF WE NEED TO COPIED, STANDBY [End of recording]
Index: Glenn Campbell
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Created: Nov 10, 1997