From: Alfred Lehmberg <Lehmberg@snowhill.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:56:33 -0600
Fwd Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:48:29 -0500
Subject: Re: Silent Black Helicopters - Lehmberg


 >Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:39:21 -0500
 >To: ufoupdates@virtuallystrange.net
 >From: John Velez <johnvelez.aic@verizon.net>
 >Subject: Silent Black Helicopters

 >Hi Alfred & All,

 >Last night on 'Strange Days... Indeed' the subject of 'silent'
 >black helicopters came up in connection with cattle mutilations.
 >Alfred, you are a long-time and experienced military chopper
 >jockey and instructor; what do you know of technology that is
 >intended to muffle the noise a chopper makes?

Hey! There's more to heaven and Earth than is dreamt of in _my_
philosophy, but I never heard the like. There are swept tip
designs that lessen the factors contributing to noise and some
noise canceling technology has been tested _inside_ the cockpit
(or "box office" if it's a female crew [g]) , but the advancing
tip of a helicopter rotor blade can go transonic (.75 to 1.2
MACH) in some cases... that's pretty hard to keep quiet. Near
noiseless is a hard bill to fill for -any- helicopter.

 >Are you aware of _any_ technology that would render a helicopter
 >silent?

Like with the push of a button? An "Airwolf" whisper mode? I'm
aware of _no_ such technology.

 >Also, had you ever heard (while you were in the
 >military) about black helicopters, or clandestine units that
 >were using black, unmarked helicopters?

In a word - yes. Although, I believe that most people that see
these "black" helicopters are seeing the olive-blackish radar
and IR absorbing paints that they use on most military craft,
and not black. Some of these clandistine aircraft have been
painted flat black but that's not usual. Maybe Doctor Randle, a
military fling-wing aviator in his own right, has more
information, but I'd suspect he'll draw a blank, also.

<snip>

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