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Old 09-11-2010, 08:25 PM
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Default Team RV, UFO over North Carolina

The 911 operators in Highpoint, NC were flooded with calls last night as a 10-ship formation of Team RV flew over the city! YouTube video HERE.
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Old 09-11-2010, 08:56 PM
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Hilarious!.

Ron, you shouldn't have explained it on the youtube comments. Let them speculate for a while.

Good formation, I wasn't aware you guys would do this at night. Seems the strobes could cause some problems.
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Old 09-11-2010, 09:04 PM
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Hilarious!.

Ron, you shouldn't have explained it on the youtube comments. Let them speculate for a while.

Good formation, I wasn't aware you guys would do this at night. Seems the strobes could cause some problems.
It's just like in the daylight, only darker! Strobes on the trailing aircraft only.
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Old 09-11-2010, 09:08 PM
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Ron,

That was good. Have you heard from DHS yet?
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Old 09-11-2010, 09:51 PM
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Sweet! I've never seen a night formation flight. Even I would do a double take on that while driving down the road.
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Old 09-12-2010, 04:01 AM
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Hilarious!.

Ron, you shouldn't have explained it on the youtube comments. Let them speculate for a while.
Good idea. I took the comments off. Let their immaginations run wild!
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Old 09-12-2010, 06:30 AM
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good one guys...missed the show completelly
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Old 09-12-2010, 07:33 AM
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Too cool, Ron! You guys are really opening the envelope up for anyone else contemplating this. Congratulations (again) on your success!

I'm down for my first annual, or I would have come up to watch!

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Old 09-12-2010, 08:09 PM
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Default You Tube Comment Removed

They removed Ron's comment. Probably didn't like their object identified...
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:40 PM
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Very cool. I bet the UFO hotlines were buzzing!
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