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PICTURE: QF-4 Phantom crash near Roswell, one ejection...

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http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=137294
Date: 06-JUL-2011
Time: 10:18 a.m.

Type:
McDonnell Douglas QF-4 Phantom
Operator: US Air Force
Registration:
C/n / msn:

Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)

Location: Near Roswell, New Mexico - United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Holloman Air Force Base - KHMN
Destination airport: Holloman Air Force Base - KHMN

Narrative:
KOB-TV reports rescue crews are responding to a military fighter jet crash near Roswell.

Holloman Air Force Base officials refused to confirm the report that a QF-4, which is an older fighter jet, from the base crashed just after 10:18 a.m. Wednesday.

The station reports the pilot was the only person aboard the plane, and was rescued by a helicopter
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Re: PICTURE: QF-4 Phantom crash near Roswell, one ejection...

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[img]Pilot_ejects_as_USAF_j94abe1dc-50ef-43fe-a86f-b22d1bded4c60003_20110706162206_640_480.JPG[/img]

Pilot_ejects_as_USAF_j94abe1dc-50ef-43fe-a86f-b22d1bded4c60003_20110706162206_640_480.JPG taken from the link below...

Not much left. The crash started a range fire.

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/military/new_me ... crashes-gb
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Re: PICTURE: QF-4 Phantom crash near Roswell, one ejection...

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I'm telling ya, it was a weather balloon! :new-alien:
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Re: PICTURE: QF-4 Phantom crash near Roswell, one ejection...

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I've heard they found some bodies which were not human. So it's probably a cover up. :new-alien: :new-alien:
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