Strange Overhead Sound at 3:00AMAround 3:00AM today, I was awakened by a strange sound overhead. It was deeper and more consistant than a helocopter and not the same as the C-130's that have a low level route in our area. My wife heard the noise also, and by the time we could realize that it wan't a normal sound it had faded off into te distance. As bes we could tell it came from the south west and traveled to the north east. We are familiar with the Flight for Life helicopters that cross the area and it was not that sound. Other people in the aea heard the sound also, but most were asleep. I am a former USAF pilot with 5000 hours, a CFI, and have operated a Charter Air Service.((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness, and found him to be exceptionally credible. He is an unusually capable witness, we believe. We have invited him to try to locate other witnesses to the event. The witness did not see the object, only heard it. We would invite other witnesses, who may have seen the object, to submit reports. The witness is quite certain that the sound was not the result of a helicopter, and he believes it also was not generated by a B-2 bomber, which are based at the nearby Whiteman AFB. PD))