To repost a comment I made on another thread:
Let’s go through the evidence.
First, we do *not* have the U.S. Government reacting in a panic. A fleet of anti-submarine airplanes did *not* race out of San Diego to the potential launch site. The aircraft carrier helping the cruise ship did *not* divert to race to the area. Obama/Biden were *not* whisked away to safety.
Does this behaviour match an unannounced missile launch by an unknown party, or does it match an optical illusion?
Second, we do *not* have anyone gloating nor complaining about it. We do *not* have Russia angrily reminding us that ICBM launches must by treaty be announced in advance. We do *not* have Chinese news stations proudly announcing a successful test.
Does this behaviour match a missile launch within sight of US land, or does it match an optical illusion?
Third, we do *not* have any indication at all of where the hypothetical missle landed. We do *not* have amateur astronomers reporting “meteor” sightings along the possible track nor announcing a new satellite. We do *not* have reports of unexplained radar sightings. We do *not* have a recovery team scouring the area (any area) where it might have landed.
Does this behaviour match a missile launch which must come down somewhere, or does this behaviour match an optical illusion?
Fourth, we have testimony. NORAD claims it did not detect a missile launch. The FAA says its radar tracks don’t show any unexplained fast-moving objects. The pentagon says none of our forces launched anything and whatever it is isn’t a threat to us. The entire US military has the attitude of “Huh? I don’t show anything, do you?”.
Does this behaviour match a missile launch (possible cover story: “Routine test, nothing to be alarmed about”) or does it match an optical illusion?
Against this, we have a video of an pre-existing contrail. It’s hard to judge the speed of the object creating the contrail — it looks to me like the camera is jittering from the helicopter, and the actual object isn’t moving that quickly.
In short, now that more evidence has come forward, I consider the chance of this being a missile launch about as high as the chance that the mainstream media will announce the religion of the next terrorist.
OTOH, I believe the 3 stooges would produce a more competent response than this administration could.
See my #16 he said, throwing gasoline on the fire. And to quote Dr. Strangelove, "Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?" And so it would be with a launch demonstration. Consider that the Chinese did the Japanese one better and got the message to the President before 1 PM Eastern on Dec 7th, taking the sneak (or secret) out of the attack (or launch), and specifically warning about the consequences of having the Pacific fleet go batchit?
Just a thought and what makes this such a terrifyingly fun discussion.
This is indeed a good comment, but it dashes water upon the firestorm of conspiracies, of potential movies and also the techno-thrillers being written.
I can easily believe it was just an optical illusion but just like anti-birthers and Palin haters there is just a lot of people stuck on a theory like a pit bull with a chew toy soaked in superglue.
It matches our government and military under Obama.