Message posted by Magoo on November 05, 2001 at 2:06:47 PST:
OK, here's my 25c worth... To me, it looks like a MiG-31. I have played the clip over and over again in slow mo, in reverse, and have looked at each frame in still. I keep returning to the picture of a MiG-31 in my mind - the nose high attitude, the widely spaced tails, the sharp nose, and the overall size of the jet as well. The -31 is pretty old tech, but has an awesome radar!! They have even been known to be used as 'mini-AWACS' because the radar is so powerful! The only operators are Russia and Ukraine, and I can't imagine either of those countries parting with one voluntarily, so it probably isn't one after all that! Would sure make a great adversary for stealth aircraft with that radar though! Other possibilities...MiG-25, MiG-29, F-15, F/A-18 (tails probably too small), F-14, or ????? Magoo
In Reply to: frame grab/movie of plane I observed at Groom posted by Steve Hauser on November 04, 2001 at 18:18:33 PST:
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