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John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, a website for military policy research, agrees. He said the idea that the government would carry out a secret launch illuminated at sunset, within view of 8 million Angelenos, is hard to believe.
“If it were secret, we’d do it at night in Alaska where only the caribou could see it,” Pike said. “It’s an airplane contrail, pure and simple.”
The vehicle is not moving fast enough and does not have the trajectory characteristics of a rocket, he said. The reason people think it’s a rocket is because it’s an optical illusion, he said.
The plane is coming over the horizon, straight at the camera. Because of the angle and the lighting at sunset it appears as a rocket rising, he said.
“I’ve seen a lot of rocket and airplane contrails over the years,” he said. “What I saw was an airplane contrail.”
Bomb found on board cargo plane last month was on track to explode over eastern seaboard of U.S. - British police http://on.msnbc.com/bQQFSu
Speaking of threats - Debt Commission report Obama’s Deficit Panel
Gas taxes
cuts in SS
Lockheed F35 canceled
Eliminate NASA funding for commercial space flight
Index the retirement age to longevity — i.e., increase the retirement age to qualify for Social Security — to age 69
75% Spending Cuts and 25% tax law changes