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Inquiring minds

by JP Bill Apr 27, 2005 4:03AM PDT

Mystery ship may track Titan rocket

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A mystery ship that has been cloaked in secrecy since it docked in Portland Harbor three weeks ago may carry equipment used to observe a U.S. air force rocket on a top-secret mission, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

The rocket's flight path would take it over the ocean on a trajectory roughly parallel to the U.S. and Canadian east coasts, the Portland Press Herald reported. The air force could launch the rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., as early as Friday.

The Sage has been tied up in Portland Harbor for about three weeks, and people on the waterfront have been speculating about the nature of its mission. Some believe it is has been deployed to track the Space Shuttle Discovery.

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And now we will have to kill you ;-)

by Dick White Apr 27, 2005 4:30AM PDT

to be certain that the secret stays a secret... Did you notice the black helicopter following you this morning?

dw

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It doesn't sound like....

by Angeline Booher Apr 27, 2005 4:52AM PDT

.... the Sage is much of a "mystery" ship, as so much is being reported about it through speculation.

I don't know how rockets, etc. are tracked. I THINK there are at least 2 tracking stations on US soil for shuttle missions. Maybe one lone ship can track a rocket cross country. (Or is there another mystery ship on the East coast?)

When I read about those 2 white domes, I was reminded of a story. A thousand years from now archeologists were excavating a site, and came upon the bottom half of a toilet seat. They had no idea what it was. After studying it for a while, the consensus was that it served as a headdress for an important person.

Angeline

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