Stealth bombers aren't usually seen in skies above Medfield

Sunday was rather typical in Medfield, which is normally not the scene of major news (scratch that: a crew from "Chronicle" was here on Friday for 4 hrs. of taping at Lords' Department Store, our local institution, which is open 365 days a year: "if Lords doesn't have it, you don't need it". But I digress).

So we were sitting in the car in the Shaw's parking lot while my wife picked up some taco fixings, when one of the kids happened to notice A FREAKIN' STEALTH BOMBER FLYING OVER MEDFIELD.

Yikes! It was going very slowly, (sad to say, no camera phone pix to post here: the memory was full) and made several circles over our wee hamlet. I assume it was hovering here prior to an appearance at the Patriots opener (correct?), but it was a trifle out of the ordinary.

Next thing we'll be having crop circles at the old Medfield State Hospital.

--W. David Stephenson

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365 days?

By Ron Newman | Mon, 09/11/2006 - 12:00pm

I thought department stores were still required to close on Thanksgiving and Christmas, thanks to remnants of the state Blue Laws.

"stealth" bomber?

By LaDivina | Mon, 09/11/2006 - 12:56pm

Not very stealthy, then, was it? ;-)

"stealth" bomber

By WDavidStephenson | Mon, 09/11/2006 - 2:26pm

 That's part of what made it so astonishing: I figured that I'd
probably "seen" them before, but they were going a gazillion mph so it wasn't obvious. This thing was lumbering along at about the speed of a small plane. Totally bizaare. Felt I was in Area 51.

 

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What did it look like?

By adamg | Mon, 09/11/2006 - 3:17pm

Black and boomerang-shaped?

Stealth bomber

By HubFlyer (not verified) | Tue, 09/12/2006 - 7:51am

This was the plane that did the flyover at Foxboro Stadium after the National Anthem before the Patriots game. I believe the 'stealth' part is related to the aircraft's ability to elude radar detection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_aircraft

I saw it too! Thanks for

By Liz (not verified) | Mon, 09/11/2006 - 1:56pm

I saw it too! Thanks for confirming I didn't make that up.

I saw it when I was at the

By sushiesque (not verified) | Mon, 09/11/2006 - 2:17pm

I saw it when I was at the South End Open Market, around noon. maybe this was related to the Khatami visit?

hmm...

By tina65 (not verified) | Tue, 09/12/2006 - 2:34am

i thought stealths can't be seen neither detected by radar. maybe it was an ufo that you've seen. hmm....

saw it over Harvard Square

By Big Perk (not verified) | Tue, 09/12/2006 - 1:55pm

saw it over Harvard Square around 12:30 (also assumed it was Khatami-related). Wondered if Dick Cheney was going to drop a Daisy Cutter on Harvard...

I believe stealths cannot be seen by radar, but they can be seen with eyeballs...

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