Hi,
Came across this post. I was involved in this incident. Trying to be somwhat anonymous although I was never told that anything related to this incident was classified. I was working in a Air Force command post in Colorado and got complaint calls from angry retired millitary of an a-10 doing barrel rolls in the mountains under 500 ft. I also recieved calls about an aircraft dropping bombs in the mtns.
this aircraft was not on autopilot.