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SUBJECT: ATC, FAA AT ODDS ON UFOs FILE: UFO1285
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NEWS CLIPPING SERVICE
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DATE OF ARTICLE: March 26, 1989
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SOURCE OF ARTICLE: Rocky Mountain News
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LOCATION: Denver, Colorado
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BYLINE: Kris Newcomer
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(C) Copyright 1989 ParaNet Information Service
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All Rights Reserved.
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THIS FILE WAS PROVIDED BY THE UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE
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AND PREPARED BY PARANET ALPHA -- PARANET INFORMATION
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SERVICE
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PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE BBS
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PARANET ALPHA
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DENVER, COLORADO
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NOTE: THESE FILES ARE NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE
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OF THE PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE NETWORK
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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, FAA AT ODDS ON UFOS
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By Kris Newcomer
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Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
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The government is blaming a power outage, but some air
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traffic controllers say that's not what caused apparent UFOs to
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appear on radar at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in
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Longmont.
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"These unidentified targets looked like actual aircraft,
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with apparently normal speeds and altitudes," said air traffic
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controller Kevin Cain.
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In comments released Friday, Cain said the UFO incident
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occurred Tuesday--luckily at a slow time of day. The Longmont
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center controls aircraft flying across Colorado and Wyoming and
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parts of five other states.
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During the incidents, Cain wrote that "some controllers had
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a dozen or more of these targets merging with actual aircraft
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targets over a half hour period."
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Mitch Baker, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation
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Administration, said the problem was traced to a damaged
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component in the center's computer system. He theorized that the
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damage was caused by a commercial power outage in Grand Junction
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the day before false targets started appearing on Longmont radar
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screens.
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But Cain said he doesn't blame the power outage.
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Cain said he believes "the new computer just went haywire
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for that period of time."
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Neither official so much as hinted that the blips on
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Longmont radar screens were representative of unidentified
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objects.
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The FAA is sticking with the power outage theory, Barker
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said.
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"Yes, I'm sure," he said.
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"I'm not saying that's the official explanation. I mean,
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you can never say 'definitely,'" he said.
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"Of course, I can't swear on the Bible or anything. But,
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I'm sure."
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Associated Press contributed to this report.
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