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From: Jan Aldrich <jan@cyberzone.net> 
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 06:26:22 -0800
Fwd Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:39:59 -0500
Subject: Re: New CIA Info On U-2s, UFOs And Operation Blue


>From: Stig Agermose <wanderer@post8.tele.dk>
>Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 06:54:07 GMT
>Fwd Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:05:48 -0500
>Subject: New CIA Info On 'U-2s, UFOs And Operation Blue

<snip>

>U-2s, UFOs, AND OPERATION BLUE BOOK

>High-altitude testing of the U-2 soon led to an unexpected side
>effect - a tremendous increase in reports of unidentified flying
>objects (UFOs). In the mid-1950s, most commercial airliners flew
>at altitudes between 10,000 and 20,000 feet and military
>aircraft like the B-47s and B-57s operated at altitudes below
>40,000 feet. Consequently, once U-2s started flying at altitudes
>above 60,000 feet, air-traffic controllers began receiving
>increasing numbers of UFO reports.

>Such reports were most prevalent in the early evening hours from
>pilots of airliners flying from east to west. When the sun
>dropped below the horizon of an airliner flying at 20,000 feet,
>the plane was in darkness. But, if a U-2 was airborne in the
>vicinity of the airliner at the same time, its horizon from an
>altitude of 60,000 feet was considerably more distant, and,
>being so high in the sky,

    *its silver wings*

>would catch and reflect the rays of the sun and
>appear to the airliner pilot,
>40,000 feet below, to be fiery objects. Even during daylight
>hours,

   *the silver bodies*

> of the high-flying U-2s could catch the
>sun and cause reflections or glints that could be seen at lower
>altitudes and even on the ground. At this time, no one believed
>manned flight was possible above 60,000 feet, so no one expected
>to see an object so high in the sky.

Funny, the ones I saw were always painted black.  Can someone
knowledgeable comment on this, please?

<snip>

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Jan Aldrich
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