Dundee.....your responses are in bold.....mine are not.
Well I can't go with nothing. can you imagine trying to get that many searchlights pointed at the same focal point.
Some of the time they were shooting at nothing.....they could also have been shooting at weather balloons released and a barage balloon that got loose.
You have to remember that the footage is from an observers point of view.
Yes I'm aware of that......in Culver City.
It would be a hell of a task to get all those search lights pointing at the same focal point, from the perspective of the operators if there were no object present.
You do realize that the search were motorized?
I would say it would be almost impossible to achieve.
No I do not think it would be that hard....even for the inexperienced crews.
Remember as an search light operator you are looking up your beam,
A search light isn't operated by just one person per light.....each one has spotters too.
A beam crossing from another direction may from your point of view be intersecting, but from a different vantage point be a long way apart.
I agree with this.
So in my opinion, to have such a consistent focus point means there had to be something visible there. So for me, the nothing idea doesn't cut the mustard.
I'd agree with you on this if I saw something in the "famous" image where the 6 or 7 lights appear to be intersecting.
So what was it.
Its hard to say.....people couldn't even agree on the number, direction, speed or altitude. If you can find a map showing the path, altitude and timeline that would be great. Also bear in mind war hysteria was quite prevalent at that time.
Well if it was visible for that amount of time, what was it, 25 min? before returning.
Its not confirmed it was actually sighted as there were so many different reports. We should confirm what was there first before we try and figure out where it went too.
What statistically are the odds of all that anti aircraft fire missing every shot.?
very good.....since very few rounds were fired from several different locations. Later in the war with confirmed targets, proximity fuses, radar range finding and experienced operators it took on average 1,000 rounds fired for every enemy aircraft downed.
I am no mathematician, but it seems unlikely that all those shots missed.
Yes.....but that's assuming they were aiming properly.....it doesn't appear they knew what if anything they were firing at or any other things needed to fire accurately. So with no proximity fuses, no radar targeting, no confirmed targets and inexperienced operators I don't find it strange at all.
So if it was a blimp, it would by odds alone have been toast.
Again assuming they were aiming accurately.
So in my mind it leaves these possibilities.
A weapon that in the 1940s was immune to AA fire, which I think unlikely.
I agree that this appears unlikely.
Or, some thing unknown to us all of an unknown origin?
I think it is likely something that was not understood at that time.
Secret weapon, but I don't think it attacked?
Don't think it was exactly a secret weapon......we knew the japanese had sub launched aircraft. But you are correct if there was anything it didn't attack.
ET, observing, meh???
LOL.....I doubt this.
Something we have not though of yet.
Since very little is known or confirmed in regards to this "event".....we need quite a few things answered. However, its highly unlikely this will ever happen.
Does anyone know of official transcripts from the military, or the pilots that went up at the time to look at it or attack it.
I'm looking for copies of after action reports......but there were no aircraft launched during this event.
The Kecksburg transcripts speak volumes against the official reports.
Not really sure what the official "report" said or where to find it on this event. Whatever the case the "official reports" should still be used to answer a persons questions.
Kecksburg is another event that is more myth now.....I remember an eyewitness described an engine of a secret aircraft when shown a picture. So whatever the "government is covering everything up" lunatics are saying 4th and 5th hand is not going to be to helpful in finding what happened in any event.