The initial reports claimed that ATC staff couldn't see the object and were poking fun at the ground staff that were radioing in reports. Your story and others seem to indicate that at least some planes were delayed in landing due to the presence of this thing and therefore, ATC staff must have thought it was a real object. You're in a unique position to confirm that since your friend was among the flight crew of a plane that was delayed that day. Would it be possible for you to ask your friend if there's any way to confirm the reason for delay that day - possibly ATC logs (handwritten vs. the computer logs that are apparently recycled after 2 weeks). Also, could you ask whether your friend thinks ATC would normally just laugh off reports of an unidentified object in their airspace? In other words, does he think they would try to contain a situation like this by denying it?
Could you also confirm for me your opinion on the photo's posted in this thread so far? I think you said that the first photo (fuzzy cameraphone photo with the object shown at the end of a runway) seemed to be in the wrong position. Is that correct?
Also, would any of these photo's help you describe the appearance of the object?
Thanks for coming here and participating, it's a huge bonus for us to be able to get responses vs. speculating on what a witness might mean. I hope we don't burn you out with all our questions.





