NOTE: Cache is NOT located at the published
coordinates but is less than 2 miles away!
Official Transcript of Flight
MC4121
23:40:03 “Mayday, Mayday! This is Major Curtis do you
copy?”
23:40:12 Air Traffic Controller - “We copy Major Curtis,
What's your status?”
23:40:18 Major Curtis - “This is an emergency, engine
trouble, its hard to hold."
23:40:22 Air Traffic Controller - "We copy Major, but you are
not on our radar screen"?
23:40:26 Major Curtis - “Flying top secret mission, F-117
stealth fighter, over.”
23:40:29 Air Traffic Controller - “We stand advised of
your situation Major Curtis, Give us your location?"
23:40:22 Major Curtis - “Negative!!, top secret mission,
carrying secret cargo, can't give out!"
23:40:30 Air Traffic Controller - “We copy Major, can you
set her down.?"
23:40:32 Major Curtis - “Don't know, trying to hold on to
her as long as I can.”
23:40:34 Major Curtis - "I'm afraid she's going! Hold, I must
protect the cargo over.”
23:40:35 Air Traffic Controller - “Major, Is your secret
cargo secure?, over.”
23:40:37 Major Curtis - "I Just jettisoned the secret cargo, and
took a GPS reading."
23:40:44 Air Traffic Controller - "Major, we understand the
cargo is important, what is it's location?”
23:40:30 Major Curtis - "I have the coordinates with me, can't
reveal it over the radio."
23:40:37 Major Curtis - "I'm descending below cloud cover, I see
a field ahead."
23:40:40 Major Curtis - "I'm sending you a Google Earth Sat.
Photo of the field."
23:40:47 Major Curtis - "I'll try to ditch near the field, send
rescue to that location."
23:40:49 Air Traffic Controller - "We copy Major, we just
received the G E photo, good luck."
23:40:52 Major Curtis - "I'm loosing altitude fast, don't think
I can make it"
23:41:08 Major Curtis - “I have my hand on the eject
button… Oh NO..…
23:41:23 Air Traffic Controller - "Major Curtis what's your
altitude? do you copy."
23:41:17 Major Curtis - "No time.....checking my parachute, must
bail now.”
23:41:12 Air Traffic Controller - "Major Curtis, we have a
recovery mission ready to go."
23:41:23 Air Traffic Controller - "Major Curtis do you
copy?"
23:41:33 Air Traffic Controller - "Major Curtis come in, he must
have ejected."
23:41:37 Air Traffic Controller - "Scramble, scramble, scramble,
pilot down."
23:41:40 Air Traffic Controller - "Search and Rescue Team,
decipher the GE sat photo and head to location."
23:41:42 Air Traffic Controller - USAF Lockeed U-2,do you
copy,we need your high altitude eyes, over."
23:41:48 Air Traffic Controller - "Hang in there Major, a search
party is under way."
23:42:00 USAF Pilot - "This is USAF Lockeed U-2 Dragon Lady, we
copy, I'm flying Westerly, altitude, 74000 feet performing ground
surveillance of the Sat area, over".
23:42:17 Air Traffic Controller - "We copy, Dragon Lady, any
signs of Major Curtis?, Over"
23:42:24 USAF Lockheed Pilot - "We spotted something about 50
feet south slightly south/east of the tall evergreen trees. We
marked the location, and transmitted the Sat image, Over."
23:42:37 Air Traffic Controller - "Copy Dragon Lady, we received
update, and confirm, over".
23:42:42 USAF Lockheed Pilot - "Copy that, returning to base,
over and out."
23:47:32 Search and Rescue Team - " We must locate the
position on the Sat image to find Major Curtis. There we will
receive special instructions from him and quickly locate the top
secret military cargo! Over.
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