Missle Lauched at California

[chargerboy69]

What is weird is nobody is saying who shot it off.  But from what I heard this afternoon, it was not us. Shot from under the ocean three miles from the California coast.



http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/09/mystery-missile-launch-off-cali-coast/

[Ponch ®]

I think they know, they just don't want us to know what it is. Probably some top secret CIA/Pentagon deal. Remember, the Pentagon or the Air Force don't know anything about Groom Lake (Area 51) either.

[sixty8charger]

  nobody seems to be "owning" up to it...   i am curious now.

[SFRT]

well..they missed..so no biggie.

[Khyron]

thank god they are finally leaving NY alone.

[ChgrSteve67]

Mexican drug cartel trying out a new way to smugle drugs into the USA.   

[PatrickPeeters]

Maybe the Mythbusters experiment, they do that kind a stuff...

[Old Moparz]

It's just another special effect in 3D from Hollywood.

[bull]

Swamp gas, training exercise, weather balloon, etc.

[Khyron]

http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=7649

[greasyspider]

Someone pushed the wrong button....

[bull]

Maybe Bill Clinton finally found those launch codes in a wadded up pair of Lewinsky's XL panties.

[learical1]

I confess, and I'll stop lighting my farts on fire as soon as someone comes up with a extreme duty deodorizer.

[hemi68charger]

Who says it was a missile? Did I miss verification?  We goin' to war with North Korea? Was it a Taliban conspiracy? Do I need to cancel my Disney trip?..........  No one knows.......................  

[SRT-440]

I heard it could have been the US "flexing" it's muscles since Obama is overseas...they've done it before as a demonstration. But, the FAA and everyone else they usually tell had no idea it was going to happen. 

Why don't they know where this thing landed? 


Some shady s*it going on these days... that's fo realz. 

[Khyron]

WOW!

OMFG!

they are going to raise student tuition?!?!?!?!?

[mikepmcs]

probably a plane contrail mixed with the right weather situation made it appear to be something it was not. 

[Mike DC]

                      

My opening question would be, is this the first incident or just the first one that they can't deny? 

Have there been reports of other incidents/activity lately that the military has been brushing off as false sightings?  Maybe this is just the first time something happening lately is on clear nationally-broadcast video. 

[Manfred318]

WOW!

OMFG!

they are going to raise student tuition?!?!?!?!?

That was the first thing I noticed. Its a shame really. How are they going to afford it?

[Troy]

It was waaaaaay to slow for a missile. As one "expert" said: "they call it a rocket for a reason".

I saw some report of it yesterday that called it an ICBM. Watch that video and tell me if that thing could get to Russia in "minutes".

Troy

[RD]

i say it was a missile that looks slow because of the perspective... if it was going from south to north it would look like it was moving quickly.. but from the video's perspective.. i believe the missile was traveling away from the camera thus making it look slower than it actually is.

Also, you have to take into consideration that objects from large distances, though traveling very quickly, still seem to be moving slow to the naked eye.  its all a matter of perspective, size of the object, speed of the object and trajectory in relation to the recording source.

[Ponch ®]

i say it was a missile that looks slow because of the perspective... if it was going from south to north it would look like it was moving quickly.. but from the video's perspective.. i believe the missile was traveling away from the camera thus making it look slower than it actually is.

Also, you have to take into consideration that objects from large distances, though traveling very quickly, still seem to be moving slow to the naked eye.  its all a matter of perspective, size of the object, speed of the object and trajectory in relation to the recording source.

I still maintain that it's either a plane or if it is indeed a rocket/missile, its some secret shit that we weren't supposed to know about.

Either that or Blofeld is up to his old tricks again...

[Old Moparz]

It's still a secret, but it doesn't worry me.


http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/11/09/131187504/-mystery-missile-launch-leaves-california-scratching-its-head


So who launched it? The KFMB video above reports neither the Navy nor the Air Force would take responsibility. The Los Angeles Times reports that launches off the coast aren't uncommon and "some have speculated it was a private rocket launch."

Which is to say that it's all still a mystery.

UPDATE, 12:33 p.m.: NPR's Tom Gjelten did some digging and Lt. Desmond James, a public affairs officer with NORAD, sent him this statement:

   NORAD and USNORTHCOM are aware of the unexplained contrail reported off the coast of Southern California yesterday evening.   At this time, we are unable to provide specific details, but we are working to determine the exact nature of this event. We can confirm that there is no indication of any threat to our nation and we will provide more information as it becomes available.

2:27 p.m.: NORAD added a bit more detail to its statement, saying, now, that "from all indications this was not a launch by a foreign military."

4:23 p.m.: Quoting a spokesman, The Los Angeles Times reports that the FAA didn't approve "any commercial space launches in the area Monday."

[mikepmcs]

it's that goddamn Charlie Farmer again. 

[MoparManJim]

it's that goddamn Charlie Farmer again. 

It must be him! He did it once... he must be at it again. 

[Brock Samson]

 When I worked at the Paper, in the mid '90s this happened a  couple times and it really freaked folks out then too.. at that time it took a couple days for SAC to own up to it... test firings they finally said aimed at the pacific target range...

[1969chargerrtse]

WASHINGTON — A mystery vapor trail that was filmed off the coast of southern California and looked like a missile launch was likely caused by a plane, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, closing its case on the incident.

"With all the information that we have gathered over the last day and a half about this condensation trail ... we have no evidence to suggest that this was anything other than a contrail caused by an aircraft," said Col. David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.

[chargerboy69]

WASHINGTON — A mystery vapor trail that was filmed off the coast of southern California and looked like a missile launch was likely caused by a plane, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, closing its case on the incident.

"With all the information that we have gathered over the last day and a half about this condensation trail ... we have no evidence to suggest that this was anything other than a contrail caused by an aircraft," said Col. David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.

And I have a bridge I am getting ready to put on Craigslist for sale.   

[nvrbdn]

yea bunk. they said the angle fools you. 

[squeakfinder]

  The Pentagon doesn't know what it is but there isn't anything to worry about  .   Look's like it takes to sharp of a course correction to be an airplane.

[MoparManJim]

The Pentagon knows what it is but as always they are just trying to brush it under the dang rug.. It's not a dang plan.. how dumb do they think the USA are? don't answer that.. 

I heard yesterday from afew people, they heard that someone thinks it was one of those small big rockets that can lauch. IMHO here, I don't know what it is.. I'm trying to figure this whole thing out myself. 

[ChgrSteve67]

Yep, someone pushed the wrong button.

[elacruze]

I find it amusing that all the "It's an airplane contrail" supporters aren't posting up all the photos of similar contrails they've collected over the years.

In all of LA, nobody got video from nearer the surface?

[BB1]

 Lindsay Lohan jumping bail, this was just a distraction. 

[Brock Samson]

ok Now tell me how NORAD ain't able to play back their Satt. imagery to determine the origin and destination. 

[1969chargerrtse]

WASHINGTON — A mystery vapor trail that was filmed off the coast of southern California and looked like a missile launch was likely caused by a plane, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, closing its case on the incident.

"With all the information that we have gathered over the last day and a half about this condensation trail ... we have no evidence to suggest that this was anything other than a contrail caused by an aircraft," said Col. David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.

And I have a bridge I am getting ready to put on Craigslist for sale.    

Yeah and the goverment is still holding a crashed martion ship out in area 51, right?

[Roger 68 charger]

       It Was Superman

[Mike DC]

              
Mike Savage was on his radio show last night pointing out something much more interesting than UFO theories.  

He was saying that Nov 10th was the same day of the year in 2007 when the Chinese surprised us militarity out in the Pacific.  They popped a submarine up out of the water within eyesight of a bunch of our Navy ships doing maneuvers.  We hadn't known it was even there.    


The implication being that this recent rocket/missile contrail right off the coast of Cali is another "message" about how effective our detecting abilities are against their subs.  

 

[Brock Samson]

 Yeah but that Savage guy is  I'd take one Large container of salt with anything he's assoc. with...

   

[Ponch ®]

Yeah but that Savage guy is  I'd take one Large container of salt with anything he's assoc. with...

   

[PatrickPeeters]

Just talked to Fox, he said he put a file in the X section.
Maybe scully knows?

The TRUTH should be flying around somewhere.

[chargerboy69]

Yeah but that Savage guy is   I'd take one Large container of salt with anything he's assoc. with...

 

Savage isn't that bad is he?  

My wife was listening to him last night and she told me the same thing.  He is not the only one to mention this, and it does not sound that crazy. Does it? .  

[Brock Samson]

 You mean that "we" can't hear the Chinese Sub. and they "test fired" a missile to see the look on our face?..

     Sure man, anything he says..  


  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKrgjqU431E

[Mike DC]

                   

Yeah but that Savage guy is   I'd take one Large container of salt with anything he's assoc. with...

 
Of course Mike Savage is a fringe source.  That's why I made a point of saying it was his idea at the beginning of the post.  Everyone can make up their own mind how seriously to take it.  I just found the idea thought-provoking.    
 
    

[68blue]

Maybe Bill Clinton finally found those launch codes in a wadded up pair of Lewinsky's XL panties.

[chargerboy69]

      It Was Superman

Or Tony Stark in the new Iron Man suit.

[bull]

So they're saying it was a contrail from an airplane? Do we have underwater airports now?

[PatrickPeeters]

Lying on the beach and it probably look somewhat like this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXA5rBQVtQE

[Arigmaster]

They say underwater launch? Is that anything like watching my right hand while the left does something else?

Hey... We restore old cars... Maybe there is someone who figured out how to shoot an old "Nike Mssile" There is a few old bases out there with the magazines intact.

Highly doubt it but it makes more sense than the other crap the Govt. feeds us.

[PatrickPeeters]

They say underwater launch? Is that anything like watching my right hand while the left does something else?

Hey... We restore old cars... Maybe there is someone who figured out how to shoot an old "Nike Mssile" There is a few old bases out there with the magazines intact.

Highly doubt it but it makes more sense than the other crap the Govt. feeds us.

How do you know if it wasn't a old "Nike Mssile"?
do you have some insight info for us?
Probably that why this is a "Off Topic Discussion"

[mauve66]

yeah, it was definitely a plane contrail, they always start at about 100 feet off the ground and go up from there, don't you know about the runway off the coast of catalina island..........................

[greasyspider]

It was clearly a weather balloon.

[bordin34]

There are/were Nike missile silos in my town, but they have all been filled in by now. Or so we think...

[nvrbdn]

i heard they were converting those silos into rich peoples apartment buildings or something.

[bordin34]

They converted the ones by me into fields, fill them with dirt and cover with grass. There are however some old barracks and building that are being used for other things. We had the silos because we were strategically close to NYC, some of our missile could have had nuclear warheads too.

[mauve66]

i'm not sure the ones in MO have been converted or closed, they still have the 10 foot fence with razor wire around them........................

[Brock Samson]

There used to be some south of S.F. that open field is still there, unused but development has grown up all around it...
   

[bull]

http://contrailscience.com/

[ACUDANUT]

 I am convinced it was North Korea..After all, they got away with sinking a South Korean warship.

[mikepmcs]

 

[mikepmcs]

probably a plane contrail mixed with the right weather situation made it appear to be something it was not. 

http://contrailscience.com/

The defense rests. 

[Brock Samson]

 Wow! that was impressive!  Thanks for finding and posting it!

[SFRT]

Theres still a lot of  old Nike missile batteries up in Marin, behind Mount Tamalpais. Ground to air defense.....