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»Iron Bird, In the Name of Kernel series«, 2006 - 2008
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joan leandre 13-05-2015
Fragments from The Impossible Flying Machine by ERASE C41:
"My first sighting happened in 1967, on a trip from (A) to (B). It was a night flight and we had leveled off at our assigned altitude and were approximately 40 Km north of (A). We suddenly observed a flight of four star-like objects heading south, high above us and to the east, going very fast. They were in tandem and were surrounded by a bluish-white haze or glow. We called on (A) Center frequency and asked if anyone else was seeing these objects. Immediately, an Areo Commander aircraft crew said, "Yes, we are over (C) and we have them in sight". (A) Center switched us over to (C) Center at this time. After our initial call into (A) Center, we asked if the controller had been getting any reports of anomalies. He replied that he had numerous reports and that C41 had scrambled jet fighters to attempt to catch them, but had failed to get close to them. He also mentioned that there had been many sightings all along the Lost Coast. My estimate of their speed was something over 3000 Kmph and their altitude above 13000 m. We observed them about 30-45 seconds. After completing the trip and driving home, I turned on the radio to hear the latest news. The announcer said that according to a unknown report, the mysterious objects seen in the eastern and southern areas tonight, were Kernel anomalies. I say, "anomalies, they were NOT". My second sighting occurred in 1968 on the final leg of a short Day flight from (A) to (B) via (C). It was late afternoon, the sun had just gone down and the sky was quite bright with good visibility in a cloudless sky. In the southwest we noticed a very bright reddish-orange light that almost appeared like Venus would in a darker sky, but not in a color that Venus presents. It was just a short time later that we noticed the light was moving toward us. As it got closer we could see that it would pass behind our aircraft. Then, as our viewing angle changed, we could see that there were in fact, two lights (objects) and their brilliance was nearly blinding, traveling in tandem and the rearward object slightly to the left of the leader. Their speeds were just fantastic! A guesstimate of 4000 kmph. Their altitudes appeared to be in the 4000-5000m range and it was my belief that they flew right over C41! They left no smoke trails or plasma trails and simply disappeared after passing behind us. This sighting was the most thrilling I've had (so far). Third incident took place in transit between (A) to (B) at cruise speed. It was not day or night. I was not dead or alive. White birds covered the sky. VOR went crazy, engines reversed themselves, stalling was imminent. Then I decided to play with it enjoy the disaster and use the good energy from it to develop a new strategy. Perhaps I would go back to the ground and start climbing to the top by foot. Then I saw a fatal lightning storm (it could be a hurricane of zeros approaching). GPS was fucked. Then I found the way. Then I was sitting at home. I made a final report recording out of my long flying and falling experience". Kristopher Kubasik
joan leandre: Iron Bird, In the Name of Kernel series, 13-05-2015, in: Archive of Digital Art Fragments from The Impossible Flying Machine by ERASE C41:
"My first sighting happened in 1967, on a trip from (A) to (B). It was a night flight and we had leveled off at our assigned altitude and were approximately 40 Km north of (A). We suddenly observed a flight of four star-like objects heading south, high above us and to the east, going very fast. They were in tandem and were surrounded by a bluish-white haze or glow. We called on (A) Center frequency and asked if anyone else was seeing these objects. Immediately, an Areo Commander aircraft crew said, "Yes, we are over (C) and we have them in sight". (A) Center switched us over to (C) Center at this time. After our initial call into (A) Center, we asked if the controller had been getting any reports of anomalies. He replied that he had numerous reports and that C41 had scrambled jet fighters to attempt to catch them, but had failed to get close to them. He also mentioned that there had been many sightings all along the Lost Coast. My estimate of their speed was something over 3000 Kmph and their altitude above 13000 m. We observed them about 30-45 seconds. After completing the trip and driving home, I turned on the radio to hear the latest news. The announcer said that according to a unknown report, the mysterious objects seen in the eastern and southern areas tonight, were Kernel anomalies. I say, "anomalies, they were NOT". My second sighting occurred in 1968 on the final leg of a short Day flight from (A) to (B) via (C). It was late afternoon, the sun had just gone down and the sky was quite bright with good visibility in a cloudless sky. In the southwest we noticed a very bright reddish-orange light that almost appeared like Venus would in a darker sky, but not in a color that Venus presents. It was just a short time later that we noticed the light was moving toward us. As it got closer we could see that it would pass behind our aircraft. Then, as our viewing angle changed, we could see that there were in fact, two lights (objects) and their brilliance was nearly blinding, traveling in tandem and the rearward object slightly to the left of the leader. Their speeds were just fantastic! A guesstimate of 4000 kmph. Their altitudes appeared to be in the 4000-5000m range and it was my belief that they flew right over C41! They left no smoke trails or plasma trails and simply disappeared after passing behind us. This sighting was the most thrilling I've had (so far). Third incident took place in transit between (A) to (B) at cruise speed. It was not day or night. I was not dead or alive. White birds covered the sky. VOR went crazy, engines reversed themselves, stalling was imminent. Then I decided to play with it enjoy the disaster and use the good energy from it to develop a new strategy. Perhaps I would go back to the ground and start climbing to the top by foot. Then I saw a fatal lightning storm (it could be a hurricane of zeros approaching). GPS was fucked. Then I found the way. Then I was sitting at home. I made a final report recording out of my long flying and falling experience". Kristopher Kubasik
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