{"id":3529,"date":"2011-12-22T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2011-12-24T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T16:01:40","slug":"ufo-in-tow-in-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/?p=3529","title":{"rendered":"UFO in Tow in Kansas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents in Cowley County, Kansas, were witness to a large, saucer-shaped craft being towed through their streets.\u00a0 Official explanations say the craft was an unmanned X-47B drone, which was on its way to the Naval Air Station in Patuxent, Maryland.\u00a0 Some residents, however, remain skeptical.\u00a0\u00a0 Read article at gcnlive.com<\/a> or as follows:<\/p>\n

UFO in Tow on Kansas Streets?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Residents of Cowley County, Kansas, captured a large, unidentified object on video last Monday as it was being hauled through their streets\u2014the military says it was an unmanned drone, but some still question the official explanation.<\/p>\n

Last Monday, residents of Cowley County, Kansas, witnessed what many of them suspected was an unidentified flying object (UFO) being hauled by the military on a large flatbed truck down U.S. Hwy 77.\u00a0 Many people were caught by surprise at the sight of a very large, saucer-shaped object being trucked through their streets.<\/p>\n

The tightly-concealed, shrink-wrapped, saucer-shaped object was about 30-feet wide, and was so large that local law enforcement officials had to remove some road signs in order for it to fit in the streets.\u00a0 Local officials immediately announced there was no need to be alarmed, and Sheriff Don Read told residents that it was a drone created by Northrop Grumman.<\/p>\n

VIDEO:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7RDnJpcEyAw<\/a><\/p>\n

Almost magically, Brooks McKinney, senior manager of public relations at Northrop Grumman, appeared to explain that the aircraft was an X-47B drone<\/a>, and that the craft was being transported to the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland.\u00a0 Oddly, however, rather than speaking to the Associated Press, he chose to tell his story to \u201cLife\u2019s Little Mysteries<\/a>,\u201d an online magazine that is both informative and entertaining regarding life\u2019s mysteries.<\/p>\n

Officially, the X-47B unmanned drone has a wingspan of about 62 feet which, when folded, is just over 30 feet.\u00a0 It\u2019s about 40 feet long, and stands about 10 feet high on 3 wheels.\u00a0 McKinney said Northrop Grumman built two X-47B drones for the Navy, both of which had been tested at Edwards Air Force Base in California. \u00a0The one \u201cseen\u201d in Kansas was on its way to Maryland, while the other will remain in California.\u00a0 According to Northrop Grumman\u2019s website, the X-47B drones will be used in 2013.<\/p>\n

When queried about people\u2019s reactions in Kansas about the craft being a possible UFO, McKinney commented, \u201cClearly people are interested in what\u2019s going through town.\u00a0 It\u2019s unusual to see a shrink-wrapped aircraft, especially one with that shape.\u201d \u00a0As for the residents who witnessed the craft, there was no way for them to confirm what they had seen as being either an unmanned military drone or something unearthly, as they had no way to see through the tight wrapping.<\/p>\n

Adding to the mystery is the question of why the military didn\u2019t just fly the craft to its destination in Maryland.\u00a0 Again, McKinney had the quick answer.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to fly an unmanned drone through commercial airspace.\u00a0 Piloted aircraft are one thing, but long trips for large aircraft without a human pilot on board are frowned upon for both aviation security reasons and practical concerns.\u201d\u00a0 Sounds plausible.<\/p>\n

But considering that we are accustomed to being told \u201cless than the truth\u201d by the government and new discoveries in deep space are happening almost on a daily basis, it\u2019s easy to understand why the residents of Cowley County, Kansas, jumped to the conclusion that the craft may have been a UFO \u201cunder wraps.\u201d\u00a0 Even \u201cLife\u2019s Little Mysteries,\u201d the outlet in which McKinney released his statements about the incident, isn\u2019t entirely convinced by his spin.<\/p>\n

When smoke and mirrors are business as usual and scientific research has proven that the brain can easily be fooled into overlooking what is happening right in front of our eyes through the use of distraction techniques, all we know is that something happened.\u00a0 But \u201cwhat\u201d happened is still up in the air or, rather, is being transported across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Residents in Cowley County, Kansas, were witness to a large, saucer-shaped craft being towed through their streets.\u00a0 Official explanations say the craft was an unmanned X-47B drone, which was on its way to the Naval Air Station in Patuxent, Maryland.\u00a0 Some residents, however, remain skeptical.\u00a0\u00a0 Read article at gcnlive.com or as follows: UFO in Tow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-articles","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3545,"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions\/3545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbadamslive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}