"Brian Kelly" wrote:

Yeah, right. It's a "secret". Do you really think
that this "scam" you propose included the
sacrificial canning of Soviet Generals to cover
the real truth? Makes no sense at all.


In typical Russian fashion, Gobachov used the incident to eliminate a few
Soviet officers he didn't like (officers appointed by his predecessor).
Besides, if you're going to use this to support your position, you should
also point out that the official reason they were fired was for not taking
more aggressive action against the intruder, not for a failure to detect the
intruder. Of course, I'm sure you see that as just propaganda, while
anything that fits your version of the story is not.


I have enough stick, pedal and hanger bum time
to know that if you plan your flight properly and
keep your head down while flying a light A/C
the chances of detection by ground-based radar
are quite low if you know what you're doing.
Ask the drug dealers who have flown DC-6s into
this country undetected how they did it. You can
bet yer bippy that the kid was not flying at 10,000
AGL with his transponder squawking his S/N, yes?


That area (Eastern Europe and Western Russia) was perhaps the most heavily
monitored region of the world at the time, by tactical and strategic radar,
surveillance aircraft, and satellite. The Gulf/Mexico region is not nearly
as well monitored (something the military and drug enforcement personnel has
repeatedly complained about). I seriously doubt anything larger than an
insect could have flown over Eastern Europe or Western Russia at the time
without being spotted. However, if you choose to believe otherwise, that is
certainly your right. Therefore, I will not continue to argue a contrary
position. Take care.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/