Message posted by gary on August 06, 2001 at 18:33:46 PST:
FYI, those hangers in the background are about 7 miles away. Based on that distance and plain eye-balling, I would estimate the "bird" to be within 1/2 mile to a mile way, giving the "bird" a wingspan between 20ft to 40ft. About the only large birds I've seen in the desert are vultures, which have windspans around 5ft. If this were a bird, then it would have to be around 700ft based on the table in the other email. I would expect a bird 700ft away to at least look like bird in a photograph with a 80m lens. Just like Dan Quayle is no Jack Kennedy, that thing is no feathered bird. Well maybe......
In Reply to: Re: mothership posted by gary on August 06, 2001 at 16:55:53 PST:
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