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...words were disturbing enough, but I visibly jumped several minutes later when the loud detonation of a propane tank echoed across the grounds of Griffiss Air Force Base...

Author: By Paul S. Gutman, | Title: Up in Flames | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...National Journal called Boehlert the Green Hornet for his efforts to make government care about the environment, sometimes contrary to the G.O.P. agenda. But the battleground in this race may be the economy. The 23rd District lost 1,400 jobs when Griffiss Air Force Base was scaled back in 1993, and Boehlert is pushing to make the Rome Laboratory a National Law Enforcement Technology Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEW YORK | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...Flying over Greenfield, Ind., an airline pilot reported a brilliant green, tear-shaped light "going like a bat out of hell." ¶ In Chenango County, N.Y., citizens gathered in crowds to watch a "whole flotilla of bright, shiny balls moving rapidly in a northerly direction." Jet fighters scrambled from Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome. N.Y., but found nothing. ¶ Over the AEC's atomic laboratory at Los Alamos. N.M., observers watched a shiny and "apparently metallic" object jerk through the sky for 30 minutes at high speed. ¶ Off Korea, the crew of a Canadian destroyer spotted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Something in the Air | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

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