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Date:         Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:27:11 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: The Countdown
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <458E8130.4030608@charter.net>
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Once upon a time I was hitching around Europe and got a job at an Air Force
{US] radar site. Came Christmas eve and I was in the tracking room and
watched them track Santa Claus from the North Pole. Listened to the
intercept orders, watch the various duty fighters take off, get vectored in
and call back "Visual ID'd 'Friend'. All is well".


One of the highlights of my life.


We [Site I, Wasserkuppe] were on high alert at the time as Kennedy had been
assassinated the month before.




Merry Christmas to All.




Mike




On 12/24/06 5:31 AM, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:


> Less than 24 hours, and NORAD will once again pick up on radar that UFO
> that suddenly appears annually in the Northern Polar Region. For
> millions of kids around the world, it is an exciting time. And for me
> too!!! I have never gotten over it!
>
> Merry Christmas to all you Vanaguys and Vanagals!!
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
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