Tom Drake

Because a Cobra Ball mission, another variant of the RC-135, didn't fly on it, but I certainly knew people that did. Happened to be in the area. What were they waiting for? A launch from Kamchatka, because that's typically how the Soviets at the time, they would launch into the Pacific. Got thousands and thousands of miles. It's out in the boonies on this huge peninsula.

But we monitor it with super specialized equipment. Without going into all the details, they end up going home. They switched the track, so they call it on the radar because radar back over there wasn't that as advanced. And they kept thinking as they saw this, what they thought was an RC-135 violating their airspace as it flew over the peninsula and into the sea of Otkos.

But we monitor it with super specialized equipment. Without going into all the details, they end up going home. They switched the track, so they call it on the radar because radar back over there wasn't that as advanced. And they kept thinking as they saw this, what they thought was an RC-135 violating their airspace as it flew over the peninsula and into the sea of Otkos.

But we monitor it with super specialized equipment. Without going into all the details, they end up going home. They switched the track, so they call it on the radar because radar back over there wasn't that as advanced. And they kept thinking as they saw this, what they thought was an RC-135 violating their airspace as it flew over the peninsula and into the sea of Otkos.

And they said, well, we better go up and shoot it down. The order was given to shoot it down. And it got shot down. All this was captured. Now Reagan made a big deal out of it because it was incredibly embarrassing because it turns out they shot down a civilian airliner.

And they said, well, we better go up and shoot it down. The order was given to shoot it down. And it got shot down. All this was captured. Now Reagan made a big deal out of it because it was incredibly embarrassing because it turns out they shot down a civilian airliner.

And they said, well, we better go up and shoot it down. The order was given to shoot it down. And it got shot down. All this was captured. Now Reagan made a big deal out of it because it was incredibly embarrassing because it turns out they shot down a civilian airliner.

In the profile, if you're on radar, the profile, even looking at it, even though a 747 is actually quite a bit larger than an RC-135, but it kind of looks the same. Can you pull up a picture of an RC-135, Steve? They both have four engines. Mm-hmm.

In the profile, if you're on radar, the profile, even looking at it, even though a 747 is actually quite a bit larger than an RC-135, but it kind of looks the same. Can you pull up a picture of an RC-135, Steve? They both have four engines. Mm-hmm.

In the profile, if you're on radar, the profile, even looking at it, even though a 747 is actually quite a bit larger than an RC-135, but it kind of looks the same. Can you pull up a picture of an RC-135, Steve? They both have four engines. Mm-hmm.

it's similar in terms of the angle of the wing that's one of the yep plane that's the i believe the combat scent variant wow there's different variants of course okay but if you look at that and compare it to a um a 747 very similar in profile from a distance it's similar on the radar a few feet here and there can't really tell they thought it was an rc-135.

it's similar in terms of the angle of the wing that's one of the yep plane that's the i believe the combat scent variant wow there's different variants of course okay but if you look at that and compare it to a um a 747 very similar in profile from a distance it's similar on the radar a few feet here and there can't really tell they thought it was an rc-135.

it's similar in terms of the angle of the wing that's one of the yep plane that's the i believe the combat scent variant wow there's different variants of course okay but if you look at that and compare it to a um a 747 very similar in profile from a distance it's similar on the radar a few feet here and there can't really tell they thought it was an rc-135.

TW 800, yes. That is wrapped in a mystery inside of a puzzle that's then smothered with an enigma. To paraphrase Churchill.

TW 800, yes. That is wrapped in a mystery inside of a puzzle that's then smothered with an enigma. To paraphrase Churchill.

TW 800, yes. That is wrapped in a mystery inside of a puzzle that's then smothered with an enigma. To paraphrase Churchill.

Many people said, yes. I can't definitively say, but by virtue of how they sealed it, The whole investigation and a lot of the mystery around what really happened in terms of reporting, it raises some really hard questions that still remain unanswered to this day. I think there was an accident. But I can see, and some have argued, that that variant of the 800, right?

Many people said, yes. I can't definitively say, but by virtue of how they sealed it, The whole investigation and a lot of the mystery around what really happened in terms of reporting, it raises some really hard questions that still remain unanswered to this day. I think there was an accident. But I can see, and some have argued, that that variant of the 800, right?

Many people said, yes. I can't definitively say, but by virtue of how they sealed it, The whole investigation and a lot of the mystery around what really happened in terms of reporting, it raises some really hard questions that still remain unanswered to this day. I think there was an accident. But I can see, and some have argued, that that variant of the 800, right?

It was a flight, but a variant of that plane could have been susceptible to, and this gets into static electricity, and it could have ignited. But... You know, there are safety mechanisms.