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Don't mistake lack of talent for genius
So I was revisiting some P-3C Orion mishaps over the years. There was a stretch when Naval Air Station Brunswick, ME lost 3 planes within several months. Somehow I never knew about these until today, even though that's where my squadron was home based. One of the planes exploded & then the wings came off the plane - killing everybody on board. The eyewitness reports; people reported a mid-air collision - false, never happened. And people also reported parachutes - false, never happened. There is nothing you are going to see to make you think another plane was involved and definitely nothing you are going to see to make you think you are looking at guys in parachutes floating to the ground. So even with a terrestrial object that everybody is familiar with (an airplane) - the witnesses can't get it right. They make things up involving other aircraft & parachutes. Why is this? Who knows. But my point is; if this kind of thing happens with an ordinary, mundane object like an airplane at around 12 noon - then how do we expect these same witnesses to get it right when it comes to flying saucers or other not so common objects? How much of what they are saying is either exaggerated or completely & totally made up?
September 22, 1978
The next accident took place on September 22, 1978, when a third P-3 Orion, (Bu. No. 152757), from Brunswick NAS, suddenly exploded in mid-air over the town of Poland, Maine, killing all eight men aboard. The debris fell from the sky over a wide area, in some cases narrowly missing some homes.
The Orion had taken off from Brunswick NAS just minutes before bound for Trenton, Ontario, Canada, to take part in an air show as a display aircraft. The aircraft was assigned to Patrol Squadron 8.
One witness to the accident told a reporter, “When the plane blew up, there was a big mess of debris and pieces flying all different directions. It was just an incredible big boom and a huge ball of fire, and then there was fire flying around everywhere.”
Another witness who was piloting a private plane about fifteen miles away told reporters, “All of a sudden I saw a big flash in the sky.”
The Navy later reported that over 75 witnesses were eventually interviewed.
Initial reports were that the Orion had been involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft, and some reported seeing parachutes in the air shortly after the explosion, but these reports turned out to be in error.
September 22, 1978
The next accident took place on September 22, 1978, when a third P-3 Orion, (Bu. No. 152757), from Brunswick NAS, suddenly exploded in mid-air over the town of Poland, Maine, killing all eight men aboard. The debris fell from the sky over a wide area, in some cases narrowly missing some homes.
The Orion had taken off from Brunswick NAS just minutes before bound for Trenton, Ontario, Canada, to take part in an air show as a display aircraft. The aircraft was assigned to Patrol Squadron 8.
One witness to the accident told a reporter, “When the plane blew up, there was a big mess of debris and pieces flying all different directions. It was just an incredible big boom and a huge ball of fire, and then there was fire flying around everywhere.”
Another witness who was piloting a private plane about fifteen miles away told reporters, “All of a sudden I saw a big flash in the sky.”
The Navy later reported that over 75 witnesses were eventually interviewed.
Initial reports were that the Orion had been involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft, and some reported seeing parachutes in the air shortly after the explosion, but these reports turned out to be in error.