Re the silvery foil-like material, in 1966 I found some of this stuff
on the side of a remote mountain in the Adirondacks. Planes from Griffiss
(and elsewhere) have been training over the Adirondacks--and making lots
of intrusive, annoying noise--for decades.
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/ "Few fully understand what the Adirondack
Philip G. Terrie \ wilderness really is. It is a mystery even to
American Culture Studies / those who have crossed and recrossed it by boats
Bowling Green State Univ. \ along its avenues, the lakes; and on foot
(419) 372-8886 / through its vast and silent recesses."
\ --Verplanck Colvin, 1874
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