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From: Jim Deardorff <deardorj@proaxis.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
Fwd Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:13:51 -0400
Subject: Re: IFOs


 >Subject: Re: IFOs
 >From: Mark Cashman <mcashman@ix.netcom.com>
 >Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 10:26:59 -0400
 >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>

 >Hi, Jim!

 >I must point out that your description is a match to something I
 >see every day here near my local airport - a somewhat distant
 >jet aircraft, usually a DC9, a 727 or some other T-tail
 >configuration, whose features are largely obscured by distance
 >and haze. The "band" to which you refer is actually the haze
 >filled shadow on the underside of the wing. The shadow is
 >roughly sky color due to the haze or environmental reflection,
 >and only stands out where contrasted against the brightness of
 >the fuselage. The reflected light of the rudder usually
 >eliminates this contrast for the stabilizer.

 >I am always highly suspect of this description for that reason.

Hi Mark,

Yes, this was a pretty good example of a UFO that could easily
get classified as an IFO, along the lines yu suggested. However,
your "band" was not a band, but a very narrow stripe. Not a
shadow. And then, the thorough ufologist should not omit the
other anomalies: no sound when close enough for a plane to be
heard, no tail section, no hint of wings, perfectly cylindrical
shape. Granted, however, it was sufficiently far away as not to
fall into the much more interesting category of a close UFO
encounter, and would not be worth a ufologist spending more time
on it. There are thousands of UFO sightings more anomalous than
this one.

   Jim Deardorff