You got a cool air show, nothing else. As a former aircrew guy, I can tell you that's all it was. Chalk it up as a lucky day. If the pilot did a show for you, it was in fun and high on the Top Gun factor.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 4, 2013, at 20:11, Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It looked obviously deliberate to me. We all interpreted the encounter the > same way. Dr. Bunch thought it was some jet jockey trying to show off but > this doesn't answer the question to how he knew we were at that remote > location in the first place. > > The pilot completely surprised us. He came around the mountain and we did > not hear the jet until it was at our exact coordinates. It was impressive > how close he came to us out of nowhere. The jet was so close that we > observed the pilot turning his head to get a better look at us. He hit the > afterburners, then flew straight up and was out of sight in few mere seconds. > We did not observe any more activity after this. > > We had not seen a plane or another car all day and we were completely out of > cell phone range. The only thing I can think of that betrayed our position > was our FM communications on a Rhino with tagging. Too bad you can not buy > FM communicators with encryption any more. > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: john shea <bigjohns...@yahoo.com> > To: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; "raremeteori...@yahoo.com" > <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 5:46 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ED fix > > > > Adam, > A better question in my mind is, why would they send a jet after you and your > group? > If they didn't want you there, wouldn't they send a helicopter? Or why would > they bother telling you that you are being tracked? > Is there a chance (just a chance) you have misinterpreted this event? > Hope you are well. > Cheers, > John > > > > ________________________________ > From: Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com>; > To: Adam <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ED fix > Sent: Fri, Jul 5, 2013 12:21:24 AM > > > One more thing of interest. > > Our group consisting of my wife, Zann von Hupe, Dr. Ted Bumch and myself were > literately in the middle of nowhere here in Nevada on a mountain side and > were buzzed by an F-18 jet. The pilot turned the jet sideways, matched our > altitude and hit his afterburners just to let us know that he knew we were > there. He flew so close to us that we could see his helmet and face-shield > as he turned his head to get a better look at us. > > My question is; what device gave up our position? > > No, we were not doing anything wrong and Dr. bunch was extremely angry about > being buzzed so close because it startled all us and we could have lost our > footing on the steep slopes. > > > Adam > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
