The details of this crash can be found on the www.dreamlandresort.com website here. Some F4 sites are:
http://members.aol.com/thudeur2/f4d.htm
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f4d.htm
From the www.scramble.nl database:
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| Serial | Code | Type | CN | Unit | Status | First | Last | Comment |
| 66-0227 | HL | F-4D | 1883 | 4th TFS | w/o | 00 | 00 | w/o 07mar79, wreck noted near Groom Lake jun01 |
The official serial number is MM26 1689.
This is the biggest piece of the plane, where the tag above was photographed.
You can just barely make out the tail number AF66-227 with this bad lighting. Attempting to move the tail section to get a better shot proved fruitless, but did wake up a few critters.
Probably the markings of Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
This is the point of impact.
Radar gear:
Radar electronics:
Afterburner parts and badge:
Inertial navigation gyroscope:
Landing gear:
That odd light in the sky is lens flare, though I suppose I could send the photos in to Coast to Coast and claim I photographed a UFO.
This is cropped from the above photo, and tweaked a bit to show the markings.
You just can't escape the video cameras snooping from behind the border of Area 51.
As if the camera wasn't enough, the cammo dudes show up as well.
Some debris, plus the reflection of snow capped hills off the now wet dry lake.
