Thursday, December 18, 2014

What Sensor Technology Is Lockheed Testing On A Major U.S. Highway?

Employees with Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace test senor technology at a site along Colo. 128 east of Colo. 93, south of Boulder, on Thursday. (Mark Leffingwell / Daily Camera)

'Bullet-Looking Missile Thing' Turns Heads Along Highway South Of Boulder -- Boulder Country News

Lockheed says object part of 'sensor technology' testing that ended Thursday

What the heck is that thing?

It's fair to assume that question was on the minds of many people who traveled along Colo. 128 south of Boulder this week if they happened to catch a glimpse of what appeared to be a large, silver projectile perched alongside the highway and pointed north toward town.

The object — mounted on a long arm protruding from the back of a Ball Aerospace pickup truck — had been set up about 1 ½ miles east of Colo. 93 on the north side of Colo. 128 since Monday, according to several passersby.

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My Comment: If you stay on a highway beside a major U.S. military test site and/or near a place known for military and defense related R&D.... I am sure that over a period of time you will be seeing some interesting things.

2 comments:

phill said...

I'm going to guess it's to detect radioactive material.....gut feeling.

James said...

It's measuring the expansion rate per day of the "zone of death" surrounding the portable toilet each day it remains unserviced.