Robin and I were driving through west Texas near Marfa and we
   first saw this about 30 miles away.  My guess is; it was about
   1000 feet AGL.

     If you see one of these things don't fly below it :)

        Paul Lamar

   its a radar platform looking for low level crossings of the
border.   these things can fly as high as 10,000 feet and have been
 around since the 70's. Smaller versions have been sold outside the
 country and mounted on coast guard vessels off   Columbia. There is
a line of these things across the border of Israel   and Egypt. You
do not want to impact the tethers on   one of these baby's. They
have more volume than the Goodyear blimp.

   George W

    the w? dangerous, good to keep pilots informed, will post
  of these on my other groups.

  jess    --

    I dare say they are much more effective on the Israeli Border
than they are on our Mexican border...

roger



Probably not the unit that is more effective, but the operators that are
more
diligent!

Dale Davies

There is on at Ft. Huachuca, Az as well.
D.Banks

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