What 4 engine T-tail plane might I have seen?

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PlasticHero

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I don't have a photo, only a description. I live in Pennsylvania USA; I saw a 4 jet engine swept wing plane with a T-tail fly overhead. It had a slender fuselage. It was fairly low; so thumb size. I could not make out any markings, the overall color was grayish. I thought it was a C-141 but wiki says that they are retired. Any other contenders?
 
Here is a sketch showing what I think I saw.

The 146 is close, but it seemed larger than that, and the engines were slender. An Il-76 would be a very rare sighting low over Pennsylvania. I'm about 60 miles SE of Harrisburg where there is an ANG base. I've seen A-10 and elint C-130 quite often.
When I read that C-141 had been retired, I did not look at any pictures, I didn't want to move my memory. After doing this sketch, I did, and it did look a lot like this.

I was not as well lit from the bottom, so I don't recall the landing gear bulges.
 
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vikingBerserker said:
I wonder if any National Guard units or Wright Patterson/NASA still flies a C-141
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I beleive NASA's L-300 (C-141) was retired in '95 - plus it was painted in NASA's white livery.
It was a solid aircraft for it's time, so there might be one or two still serving with an ANG unit or perhaps the one seen was being transferred between museums?
 
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