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From: waters@dover.sps.mot.com (Mike Waters)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Discovery - UFO Close Encounter?
Message-ID: <981@dover.sps.mot.com>
Date: 31 Mar 89 17:18:41 GMT
References: <7751@pyr.gatech.EDU> <10245@nsc.nsc.com>
Reply-To: waters@dover.UUCP (Mike Waters)
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In article <10245@nsc.nsc.com> ken@nsc.nsc.com (Ken Trant) writes:

>I think the poster suggested that the "fire on board" statement might have been
>prearranged code to switch to another channel. Not to unlikely.

Yes I think that would be the LAST code I would pick. Something like "I need
to send you some numbers" would get far less unwelcome attention and is just
as distinctive. 

Airports use similar codes in paging, they NEVER announce: "Fire and Bomb
Squad report to gate 6". It comes out as: "Mr Williams please meet your party
at gate 6 right away." The reasons are pretty obvious in both cases. If Mr
Williams is the head to the fire and bomb squad for that shift it is both
secure and known to everyone who needs to know.

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*Mike Waters    AA4MW/7  ...!sun!sunburn!dover!waters OR moto@cad.Berkley.EDU*
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