I found out about this just before I went off to the military, back in June/July 2005.
I was doing some work up at the airport on St. Simons Island GA, and got nosy and wanted to check out the hangar that was seemingly custom built at
the last minute for the G8 summit. The G8 of course was already packed up and gone by this time, and I had already finished up for the day.
I walked inside the hangar, and was admiring the chrome leading edges on the giant aircraft before me. I'm used to doing chrome and aluminum
therefore very aware of how tedious it is to keep the oxidation out and the shine bright. I thought nothing of it and walked over to the mens room
(which was also nice and my duty to christen it).
I thought, "I wonder what's in that other room." Which looked like a kitchen. Yep. It was a kitchen. Sitting on the kitchen table, was an
autographed pic of a certain Hollywood star that frequents St. Simon's. I haven't ran into this person, although my father had so I thought that the
colossal iron falcon in the hanger was probably his.
I walked back out and bumped into this guy who quickly asked what I was doing. I told him I was rummaging through everyone's stuff while they were
out and asked if he wanted in, smirking to clearly let him know I was joking.
He kept a straight face and whispered, "You're checking it out, huh?"
I replied, "Yeah, is that what I think it is? Is it flying out soon?" Hoping I could meet the actor before he left.
"This is one of those things you don't discuss, ok?"
I said "Oh, yeah, I totally understand. I'm not going to disrespect someones privacy. I was just curious if..."
"It's best not to be curious, ya know?"
I said absolutely nothing after that, as I was a little annoyed that this guy was being so frigging anal about a regular here just because he was an
actor, but I let it go.
I started to walk off when he snapped a quick "Aey!"
I turned back towards him.
"I'm sure you could just PUNCH A NUMBER get most info round here, right?"
"Yeah, sure. Take it easy."
I easily remembered the N# as it was just numbers, and yanked my girlfriend over to show her that I was checking out the plane of one of her favorite
stars.
"Check this out, he was up there today. I wanna see if he's got a log or something." Being nosy again.
Google retrieved some broken sentences that turned her blue.
N44982... CIA... secret... torture... terror...
I freaked just seeing her freak as she hit the floor and switched off the surge protector.
That guy wasn't / isn't the only one who avoids discussing this thing, pretty much anyone who had encountered it there (as it frequents there) acts
like they're gonna get blackbagged for mentioning it.
If that's the case, I'm skreewd. I got some more to tell about it as again I got curious after I got shipped to basic training, but I better see if
this is a dead / lifeless topic or not first.
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