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The Cool Stuff from Orbit Thread
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So, I was doing some browsing on Google Earth, checking out the Coronado Naval Air Station, among other places, and I came across this view:
Yes, I know, it's a bunch of disassembled Tomcats, mixed in with what looks like a few old trainers and a couple of Seahawks. But what in the name of all that is holy is this?
I apologize if this is obvious and I'm just not looking correctly...but that aircraft looks reeeeeally weird...
Coordinates, for checking it out yourselves, are 32° 42'28.35"N 117° 13'00.28"W
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dont some planes have wings that fold in like that or something?
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In airforce terminology there is a base in NV called neverneverland, where area 51 is rumored is no more than a military test ground for new technologies and planes you won't see ever or for 20 years. But I have no idea what plane that is it might be just and old fighter or an old test plane.
edit: actually looks like part ofd the wings were disassembled
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Looks like one of the carrier birds with the wingtips folded up (casting a shadow on the fuselage).
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Looking at it after rotating 180 degrees, it looks like hickey and mduell are probably right - the wings are folded...
If you look at it from that way, it just looks like an old (E)A-6...damn.
EDIT: Look what they did to that Tomcat down and to the right of the ex-"mystery plane"...*whimpers*
Oh well, there's always Fat Albert to gaze upon 
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upon closer inspection:
some sort of secret technology
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You can certainly bet on Google blurring images if they are some top-secret military site....you won't find any secrets on Google Earth..
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Very, very interesting...amazing, how did I miss that?! 
Don't be so sure, Josh...Area 51 has some pretty damn clear imagery.
The only thing I did notice was that they eliminated the hull numbers from the aircraft carriers docked in Norfolk...but those could just be decommissioned carriers.
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