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Subject: Re: Life imitates art? (another case)
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Date: Tue, 26-May-87 17:20:59 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 17:20:59 1987
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in article <6693@allegra.UUCP>, atd@allegra.UUCP (Anton Dahbura) says:
> Xref: oliveb sci.research:85 sci.med:2002 talk.rumors:1157 misc.headlines:813
> Posted: Tue May 19 15:14:16 1987
> 
>       ITALIAN SCIENTISTS CONFIRM APEMAN CAN BE CREATED
>       by Uli Schmetzer (Chicago Tribune, May 14, 1987)
>... 

A few years ago, there was a movie called "Silent Earth" (I think), in
which the main character is thrown into an empty parallel world when
an experiment went wrong.
The experiment was called "Project Flashlight" (?) and involved a large number
of power transmitting stations linked together around the world that
allow aircraft to remain airborne for long periods of time.  Instead
of carrying fuel, the aircraft would draw power from the "grid".

Well, according to the May 7 MACHINE DESIGN, Lockheed-Georgia has entered
a proposal to create a smaller version of "Project Flashlight".
Their idea is to beam 2MW of power (as microwaves) at their unmanned planes
in order to keep them in a figure-8 watchdog position over an area for
60 to 90 days.

Gary