Did Burroughs get dragged along by the UFO? Did he grab it?

[Observer]

Hi Admin
I read with interest your post which outlines Jenny Randles claim that the UFO may have collided with a runway light. There are one or two points worth considering before this is to be believed.

Both RAF Woodbridge and Bentwaters were MOD property. they were leased under a NATO aggreement to the US Government/USAF.

Care and maintenance of the air fields was the MOD's responsibility, which in turn means that there would have been contracts to British service companies to maintain the various installations, from grass cutting, runway tarmac, out side lighting, domestic electrics etc.

These contracts would be very lucrative as they would include many RAF and USAF airfields. The MOD would not run the risk of being sued for breech of contract, unless of course they were not told.

It has not been made very clear which runway lights had been allegedly damaged by the UFO.
Lets say it was the approach lights which were a series of strobe lights on poles the lowest at the runway threshold and the tallest some 100 YDS into the forest. These lights were all in line (and flashed sequentially) in a forest fire break and were centred on the middle of the runway threshold.

There were also ground VARSI lights each side of the first 50 feet of the runway.

Which set of lights are they claiming were damaged? either set, the repairs would be jointly overseen by the MOD/USAF. No local contractor would either have the spares or knowledge to repair an American made strobe light system and only official contractors would be capable.

The VARSI lights could have been repaired by a BAA contractor if they wished the repairs were kept secret from the MOD Etc. This would have been highly unusual and questions would be asked by BAA.

If repairs were put out to another out of town contractor as it was claimed to keep the locals ignorant, i thus suggest that this raises the question of a new conspiricy theory.

If this was the case which i doubt very much, i can only assume that it was not so much to keep the locals in the dark but the MOD and other authorities!!

Observer

[schooner]

Hi Admin

I read this article with interest especially the bit in skycrash about someone falling off due to the smoothness. I checked Pennistons account of the machine within Georgina Brunis book to confirm what he had said.

It has been mentioned several times about the smooth surface of the machine its black glass appearance and its seamless construction. May be this points to advanced ceramics of which some have very good heat resistance and expansion properties. This could answer why the machine was so smooth and appeared to be seamless. Some ceramics have conductive properties and again this could answer how Penniston suggested that the lights were integrated within the shell? Some of these would have been available in the early 80s given Columbia was the first Shuttle into space and it used similar materials as a shield.

Schooner

[Observer]

High Schooner

I read your suggestion about the Rendlesham UFO having possibly a similar ceramic surface construction to the space shuttle.

Using Google, type in "space shuttle heat shield".
The Web site to look for is headed, JOHN F KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE-ORBITER THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM.

Yo will find that smooth ceramics were not part of the system.

In the early days it was a special type of thermal tile which have now been mostly replaced with a thermal blanket or skin but made up of the same material as the old tiles. Those old tiles could be glowing red hot on one side yet if picked up by hand on the other, they were just warm.
The tile material was similar to the old gas mantle material developed in the UK decades ago.
Amazing.

Regards

Observer

[schooner]

Hi Observer,

Sorry for misleading you what I meant was that if NASA had state of the art materials for the Shuttle then think of what may have been available on black projects. The Shuttle was built to a price and of many different components.

The shuttle isnt seamless it needs to expand and contract at different rates due to the different materials so tolerances must be specified that meet the cooling and heating properties of the meterials used.

If you have a composite material that has little expansion or contraction properties then the tolerances can be much leaner and therefore the machine would look more seamless. If it has conductive properties and translusive properties then you have one fine shell for a machine!

Regards

Schooner

[schooner]

Hi Admin

I've just been scrolling through the website. The information relating to John Burroughs, is it a compilation of interviews and discussions with him from 1983 up to 1994 when according to Jim Penniston he went missing or does it contain information right up to his appearance on the 2005 video?

I have been assuming that he was still missing.

Regards

Schooner

[Andy]

Would you risk mounting a UFO? For what purpose? Never heard Burroughs claim this. Unless of course, he was mad, which i don't think he was.