Message posted by Brian on May 25, 2001 at 9:32:08 PST:
We've been seeing some pretty wild contrails and hearing massive sonic booms here in the Antelope Valley over the last couple of weeks. I first assumed the contrails were from the F22 testing, but whatever was flying, I saw TWICE perform a maneuver I have never seen before. I'm not even sure the F22 could pull this off. I've talked to people a Edwards who've seen them as well, and they've never seen anything like it either. I would compare the witnessed maneuver to something like a partially reversed or inverted Immelman. Two planes in flight, one flies chase while the other Ive seen making the most incredible sharp turns. I saw it once, then waited to see if they'd do it again, just to make sure I wasnt seeing things. Sure enough the pilot did this maneuver again, and at faster speeds than most things we see in the sky out here. Combine that with the huge sonic booms, and you've got some very interesting things going on here......
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