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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:34 AM
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People who know jet planes! ID this! Just flew over my house fast and low!
It was a large white jet plane, no windows, two engines on the tail section (on either side of the tail section) :wtf: was that???

It just banked over my house and was flying fast and screaming.
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:35 AM
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1. That's not much of a description, really....
Could you tell if it was military or civilian? Any markings? Any guess how large "large" is?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:47 AM
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10. No markings, the body was sleek (no cargo look to it)
am not a plane ID person, but would say it was about the size of this:



BUT
The wings were not tipped up, there were no markings on the body or tail, the entire thing was white, no windows, twin engines on the tail section.
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 05:41 PM
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14. Sounds like it might be a DC-9 or MD-80 that somebody bought or leased from the desert
There are a lot of stored airliners out there, and every now and then somebody buys or leases one for cargo or charter.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:36 AM
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2. The space shuttle?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:40 AM
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3. Like this?


Not much to go on.

:hi:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:42 AM
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4. Or like this
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:43 AM
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5. no windows.. check
white.. check

Nope, its missing the 2 engines in tail section :P

:rofl:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:48 AM
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11. Similar, but the tail wings had no tip up
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:44 AM
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6. Sounds like it might have been a Lear Jet.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:54 AM
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13. I think you are right!
It did look a lot like this



But what was strange (and because it was so low I did get a good look at it from side/underside as it quickly banked and flew away)
is that there were no markings on the body or tail and no windows. There could have been windows right at the front, but definitely no windows on the body
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 06:20 PM
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15. No windows, eh?
It must have been a cruise missile. You don't happen to live in Iran, do you? :evilgrin:
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:45 AM
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7. DC9?
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:45 AM
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8. Impossible
That's the jet that slammed into the Pentagon
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 08:36 PM
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19. Or not
as some are wont to say.

:hide:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:46 AM
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9. It's the elite forces of the UN Armies of the Antichrist!
:hide:
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:54 AM
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12. A leer jet
CB
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 06:25 PM
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16. could it have been an old 727? they are noisy as hell.
Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 06:26 PM by MnFats
they are slowly being taken out of service, thank god. though the airlines will probably just sell them to poor countries.

but the 727s have an engine on either side of the tail of the fuselage...
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 06:26 PM
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17. RUN! Get the hell out of there! RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
:rofl:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 08:14 PM
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18. Already called Congress
No one was there :P
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carly denise pt deux Donating Member (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:05 PM
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20. it was google, they are taking pictures for google earth
you should have ran outside and waved
Carly
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-27-07 12:17 PM
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22. Then, look for me in upcoming Google Earth shots of the San Joaquin Valley!
Was on my (covered) patio when I heard the engines. Ran out to the pool area to watch it.

You'll know it's me when you see this on the Interent: :hi:
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 10:19 PM
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21. Sounds like a DC-9 cargo
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-27-07 01:59 PM
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23. here it comes again! DUCK!
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-27-07 02:01 PM
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24. sounds like that guy in "Airplane"
"oh it was a big white plane..."
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