I've used  both an IR scanner ( the type the fire departments use in   
   smoke filled fires ) and my own home made laser radar at area 51 and   
   TTR  many times.   
      
   the only interesting things  I've ever found with the  IR scanner   
   were  the plumes  ( for lack of a better way of saying it )   
   from many of those hidden tunnel vents  ( most of them on the EAST   
   side of the alien highway , btw )  and the hot exhaust  flumes from   
   those cammo duce patrol  vehicles.   
      
   .... and with the laser radar ( lidar )   I got slightly better   
   resolution  views  of some of the " stuff "  parked around the hangers   
   etc.  not a  LOT better, however.  I did experience " something "   
   that left a " puffs  "  exhaust ( con ) trail once ....... it was   
   moving at " extreme " speeds and got FAR away fast and was   
   hard to keep  in the finders .........  it happened and was over   
   quickly ........ probably something interesting ..... but  who knows   
   .....   
      
   interestingly enough,  I've learned that you ( a person ) could   
   probably  discover new and interesting  information with these two   
   tools .... BUT .... it boils down to having the right " stuff " in the   
   right place at the right time.   mostly ( unfortunately ) you'd have   
   to be able to " hang "  there in the advantageous places .....   
   in advantageous times .. otherwise ...  it's crap shoot with most of   
   your efforts wasted due to poor timing etc. . " they " take a lot of   
   care  to insure there are few or no  observers when they are   
   into " sensitive " activities ...... and generally it'd be hard to lie   
   around out there in the desert , in the winter , freezing to death   
   waiting for s*** to happen.   
      
   it's a great thought with lots of potential ...... but in every day   
   reality ...... VERY hard to implement.  if you spend 100s of manhours   
   " looking " , you'd be lucky to get a few minutes of useful reward   
   ..... so it seems to me, or maybe I'm just unlucky finding events.   
   jha ha ha ha hah aa   
      
      
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   On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:48:57 +0100, Robster  wrote:   
      
   >Just a thought...   
   >   
   >Would anything be gained by taking a IR photo of A51?   
   >   
   >Or any other wave lengths for that matter.   
   >   
   >I can't really say why it would - just that it may be worth a go.  It,   
   >may show something emanating from the site, that could give a clue to   
   >something.   
   >   
   >Yep - thats a lot of IF's :)   
   >   
   >Another - totally impractical thing I'd like to do.   
   >   
   >Use my own RADAR at A51 - how long I'd last doing it - well, not long   
   >probably!   
   >   
   >PS - I don't have my own RADAR btw...   
      
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