Message posted by Simon Le Bon (Member since 09/13/2011) on April 21, 2023 at 2:18:57 PST:
Couple of things. If the white airliner in the April 18th image is RAT 55, then where is the 55m 767-300? According to ADSB-X it never departed on the 18th, the day of this image, having arrived around 2005 PST on the 17th. If the 767 was still present, and its passengers were due to inspect a classified article, surely the contractor crew would be taken off to a secure area beforehand. They wouldn't just be wandering around the ramp eating hotdogs. A V-22 is 17.5m long, and 25.5m wide including rotors. The three black objects on April 18th, and the pair on April 13th appear to be in the 25-30m size in both length and wingspan. I don't think we should be too quick to dismiss these satellite images.
In Reply to: Re: On the ramp at Tonopah posted by Don on April 20, 2023 at 16:18:43 PST:
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