Suspicious Van

[Peter Yorke]

They are Men in Black.

Time for the tin foil hats.

Peter

Jason Feeser wrote:

> The van was a newer smaller van like a Caravan or something. I came 
> upon them when just leaving my block and saw the giant glowing LCDs 
> from the rear—the windows were not tinted in the rear. Then I noticed 
> all the antennas… most of them only about 5” tall, a couple maybe 14”. 
> Mostly straight wire antennas (no loading).
>
> I was just kidding about the Feds. Hopefully they would be more 
> discrete, and doubtfully they have that kind of budget for local 
> recon, also fed/cop vehicles are usually clean. This van was in need 
> of a wash.
>
> Also doubtful it would be war-drivers/hackers/kids because of 
> budgetary reasons. Most likely Microsoft or someone doing some mapping 
> or something.
>
> I was just curious if anyone else had seen something like this as they 
> stuck out like a sore thumb even after dark.
>
> ~J
>
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> *From:* talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net 
> [mailto:talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net] *On Behalf Of *Ken
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:05 PM
> *To:* SeattleWireless Talk List
> *Subject:* Re: Suspicious Van
>
> Did it look like this?
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/06/custom-wardriving-van-for-sale-on-ebay/
>
> -Ken
>
> On 2/8/06, *Jason Feeser* <jfeeser at msn.com <mailto:jfeeser at msn.com>> 
> wrote:
>
> I saw a suspicious van hauling ass through my dead end street last night.
>
> It was Green and had fake wood panels on the sides... last three of 
> license
> plate xxx-TOY (Washington)
>
> Also had many many antennas on the roof (like 15 or so--all mag mount 
> omnis
> mostly small) and, two flat panel ~19" lcd monitors mounted for viewing in
> the back seat. There was a guy sitting in the back seat tending the
> equipment, and the driver (not sure about a third possible passenger) 
> in the
> front. If they were mapping they were hauling ass to do it... 40mph down
> the side streets. I had to try hard to keep up so I could get more of a
> glimpse of what they were up to...
>
> Any thoughts or are the feds after me????
>
> J
>
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