From alt.conspiracy
From: cxdunn@ece.cmu.edu (Christopher Dunn)
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
Subject: Special Forces Helos Frighten Pittsburghers
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 19:03:02 EDT
Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon.
Lines: 54
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <1996Jun4.190302@nova.ece.cmu.edu>


Pittsburgh, June 4, 1996 --
[This information all derives from a noon
television news broadcast in Pitsburgh.
There will be more information on TV later,
and the local papers should pick up the story
tomorrow.]

Special operations forces from Fort Bragg (North
Carolina), as part of what officials call an
exercise, stormed an old building in a
residential neighborhood of Pittsburgh, via
a fleet of low-flying helicopters which
frightened area residents.

A city council member said he was at a baseball
game at 10:30 when he heard the helicopters.
He was a bit upset that he could see nothing
but blinking red lights, and he actually
called them "Black Helicopters," though he
could not have identified the color.

Several residents who were interviewed described
it as a "war," and the TV broadcasters said that
to some it sounded like "world war three."

The helicopters flew at treetop level over
several parts of the city. I have heard of no
landings other than at the old building, which
was the destination for the mock raid.

Some police officials were informed, but neither
local citizens nor the city council expected anything.
An official expressed concern that forewarning
might attract onlookers, which could create a dangerous
situation. He did not address the possibility that
Pittsburghers might have been told to expect operations
in the city at an undisclosed location, to obviate the
fears of witnesses.

The TV station has provided a call-in line for witness
accounts, and has evinced a particular interest in
videocamera footage, which so far is unavailable to
the news media.

The exercises are scheduled to continue until Saturday,
according to officials.

-Christopher Dunn, Pittsburgh.

-- 
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
cxdunn@ece.cmu.edu