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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:28 AM
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Your Military $ At Work: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base opens gates for 'Ghost Hunters'
Is it just a coincidence that this is the same branch of the services being overrun by right-wing evangelicals?



http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880118017





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Col. Colleen Ryan, base commander, said she doesn't know if there are ghosts on the base, but the reports have come from people she believes to be credible.

Ryan said inviting the ghost hunters to the base was an opportunity to get to the bottom of those reports while giving the base national exposure to the show's relatively young viewers.

"That's an audience our recruiters would love to reach," Ryan said. "A lot of those viewers are technically savvy."

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The visit was approved by public affairs officials at the Pentagon and that the ghost hunters were escorted around the base by security and public affairs officials, Ryan said. The crew was kept away from sensitive areas, and their equipment didn't interfere with that of the base.

For the ghost hunters, it was their first investigation on an active military installation.

"The biggest thing is being called in by the Air Force in a field that has been questionable for so many years," said Wilson.


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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:30 AM
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1. Will they find the ghost of the Roswell alien?
:rofl:
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:32 AM
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2. It doesn't sound as if any "Military $" are being spent in this....
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:41 AM
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3. The people who call in "Ghost Busters" like this
usually don't pay them a cent. They just give permission for them to film.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:54 AM
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4. If they called in Idiot Hunters
I could point them in a general direction :crazy:
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:57 AM
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5. As an Air Force wife, I think it's neat!
Offutt AFB has lots of beautiful buildings from the 1800's, as do many bases--probably plenty of "haunt" opportunities to be had! :)
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