Not Easy For Air Force To Explain

[Martin]

This huge military cargo plane may have been mistaken for a UFO recently in Amherst, Mass. But the Air Force hasn't issued an official explanation for the diamond-shaped, silent, low-flying object seen by eyewitnesses in early January

From: Huffington Post

It's taken over two weeks for the Air Force to suggest that a UFO reported over Massachusetts may have only been a huge cargo plane, but even they're not sure.

Back on Jan. 8, residents of Amherst and Pelham reported a low-flying unidentified triangular or diamond-shaped object moving slowly and silently between 5:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette. (sign up to see story)

"The only aircraft that was operating in the area was a military aircraft doing practice approaches to Westover (Air Reserve Base)," FAA spokesman James Peters told the Gazette.


Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks, Conn., is responsible for radar reports covering western Massachusetts, and they informed the newspaper that there was nothing unusual in the sky above the Amherst-Pelham area during the time period when the UFO was seen.

The Associated Press reports that a Westover spokesman first said they had no record of any aircraft over Amherst, but later said there was something in the air.

Westover chief of public affairs, Lt. Col. James Bishop, confirms that an Air Force C5 cargo plane (pictured above) took off from the base around 5:30 p.m. on the evening of the UFO reports.

"It went out of the area and returned later and flew again in the local area until about 9:30 p.m.," Bishop said, according to the Gazette.

The problem with all of this is that the C5 Galaxy cargo plane is one of the world's largest aircraft. While it might be construed as a triangle-shape aircraft when it banks in certain ways, even Bishop confessed that eyewitnesses probably didn't mistake the very loud C5 for the UFO.

"There's just no mistaking that. It's quite a loud sound and quite a big aircraft," Bishop said.

So, at this point, both the Air Force and FAA aren't trying to convince the public that the C5 was the low-flying, silent, diamond-shaped object seen in the sky on Jan. 8.

So far, there's no official explanation.

[shrinker]

As a resident of this very area I can say that one could not possibly mistake a C5 cargo plane for ANYTHING. They fly quite low and are deafeningly loud. I call them our local Nazgul, a reference to the screeching dragons in the Lord of the Rings. Everyone in this area is used to them as the base they fly out of is close by and they are often out day or night on training missions overhead.

So, once again, though people are of course fallible, let's not insult their intelligence.

[Carol Nistri]

My husband is going to see the man that was the Information Officer at westover,this should be interesting.

(Shrinker,are you near Westover?)

[shrinker]

Originally Posted by Carol Nistri

My husband is going to see the man that was the Information Officer at westover,this should be interesting.

(Shrinker,are you near Westover?)

Carol,
I'm in Western Mass, near Amherst. They fly over here all the time. So the base will say they have been in the air, but there is NO mistaking one of these for an unidentified object, no way, unless one is SEVERELY hearing impaired.

[Carol Nistri]

Originally Posted by shrinker

Carol,
I'm in Western Mass, near Amherst. They fly over here all the time. So the base will say they have been in the air, but there is NO mistaking one of these for an unidentified object, no way, unless one is SEVERELY hearing impaired.

I tried clicking on that video but its saying that its Private,your absolutely right Shrinker there is no mistaking a C-5 for a silent anything,those dudes are Loud.

[shrinker]

If you mean the Medvedev video, I wouldn't bother. It is not a reliable site. Check the Wikileaks link. The guy said something, but it is not clear how serious he was.

[Carol Nistri]

Originally Posted by shrinker

If you mean the Medvedev video, I wouldn't bother. It is not a reliable site. Check the Wikileaks link. The guy said something, but it is not clear how serious he was.

I will check the Wikileaks site but its got to be later,hubby is still sleeping and I want the sound turned up for this one,thanks Shrinker.

[shrinker]

De nada, C

[NonSmokingman]

How does one misidentify low altitude triangle shaped craft as cargo plane?

[shrinker]

The other thing is that these cargo planes are massive. You know exactly what they are at low altitudes even at night. We see them all the time up here. You'd have to be, well, from another planetoid not to realize what you are seeing up here.