Re: Glenn in the glory days


Message posted by Peter Merlin on November 11, 2009 at 19:22:22 PST:

On the morning of Oct. 31, 1994, Glenn and an aviation journalist
visited Freedom Ridge. Using a scanner tuned to the Groom Lake
tower frequency, they recorded an exchange between the tower and a couple of test aircraft. They only caught the ground side of the conversation and never saw the aircraft.

Call signs were CAMINO 04 and CAMINO 48 (Sorry about the earlier message. I was going from memory).

Here is a partial transcript:

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.


Unfortunately, it was something they didn't want Glenn to see. As long as he remained in the area, the controllers couldn't bring the aircraft into Groom. The aircraft had to be diverted, maybe to TTR.

For the whole story see this site:

http://www.ufomind.com/area51/list/1997/nov/a10-001.shtml


In Reply to: Re: Glenn in the glory days posted by Robert on November 11, 2009 at 16:03:16 PST:

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