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From: David Rudiak <DRudiak@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:31:19 EDT
Fwd Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:18:16 -0400
Subject: Re: Gore UFO?


>From: dledger@ns.sympatico.ca (Donald . Ledger)
>Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:22:47 -0300
>Fwd Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:46:01 -0400
>Subject: Re: Gore UFO?

>I wouldn't get too excited about some target showing up on ATC's
>screens then disappearing, it happens all of the time. Light
>aircraft out in the areas not regarded as control zones might
>show up briefly when they get above the "grass" so that radar
>can see them. Primary radar doesn't know the height, just the
>direction. The "target" could look like it's right in the path
>of Gore's aircraft but actually several thousands of feet below it.

>AF 2 would have received a radio call from Flight Following
>telling him that an aircraft, type and altitude unknown, was in
>its line of flight. It was prudent for the pilot to avoid the area.

Don Ledger's non-UFO explanation is:

1.  Well-informed

2.  Rational

3.  Logical

4.  Plausible

5.  Never uses the word "pelican"

Sounds like a winner to me.

David Rudiak