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Rush agrees: It was a missile off the California coast
Examiner.com ^ | 11/23/2010 | Joe Alfieri

Posted on 11/23/2010 10:29:06 AM PST by JoeA

In today's broadcast, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said that the contrail spotted off the California coast by a KCBS news helicopter was a missile. "I've talked to experts" he said. "It was a missile." The comment puts him in line with many who doubt the administration’s characterization of the contrail seen off the California coast as that of an airplane.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: californiamissile; china; contrail; jetcontrail; missile; missilemystery; mysterymissile; nationaldefense; nationalsecurity; northkorea; obama; obamatested; rushlimbaugh; tinfoilbrigade; ups902
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To: JoeA
Rush needs to see the picture of the contrail's shadow from the same source that took the video. I think the picture and many other aitplane contrail shadow pictures are on the contrailscience site. A vertical missile contrail will not make a shadow like that. The shadow is produced because the length of the contrail is in line with the surface of the earth the setting sun.

This is basic non-flat earth high school physics!

Contrail Shadows



Here's the original cbsla picture showing the contrail shadow;


61 posted on 11/23/2010 11:16:25 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: UCANSEE2

Right off the bat, I was curious as to why a whole lot of airline passengers didn’t chime in with their observations of a missle from altitude. This doesn’t seem to have happened. I’ve been on a plane at dusk when a rocket went up from Vandenberg. Spectacular to say the least.


62 posted on 11/23/2010 11:18:08 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: Hotlanta Mike

It was an Hawaiian Airlines flight. Flight 808 destination: Moon. It was not a missile.


63 posted on 11/23/2010 11:19:42 AM PST by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Gator113
Note to Rush: Arrange for a spectral analysis of the color of the bright spot and compare it to that of the sun. This will provide proof, one way or the other.
64 posted on 11/23/2010 11:19:56 AM PST by granite (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - TJ)
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To: TSgt
If that missle is ~35 miles away, it must be hugh . . ▐
65 posted on 11/23/2010 11:20:36 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
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To: McGruff
Rush is no loon.

I agree. But there are a few things that he discusses that he should not...among them are aviation/aerospace and the military. He is clueless in those realms.

66 posted on 11/23/2010 11:20:36 AM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Pictionary at the Rorschach's tonight!)
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To: JoeA
Declaring it as a missile is certainly a good anti-Obama political strategy, but contrail conspiracy-theories are right up their with alien abductions.
67 posted on 11/23/2010 11:21:15 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The people who hate Sarah Palin hate her because they know that her Presidency is inevitable.)
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To: All

The contrail shadow is shows up because the length of the contrail is in line with the curvature of the earth *and* the setting sun.

Think about it; imagine looking at it from the side. Imagine the contrail following the surface of the earth inline with a setting sun. Then imagine a vertical contrail from the side, the setting sun is not in line with the length of the contrail and will not produce the shadow seen in the photopraph.


68 posted on 11/23/2010 11:22:27 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: granite; Gator113

I believe if someone did a spectral analysis of the bright spot, it would either show aircraft aluminum (for contrail - light reflecting off of aircraft skin) or engine exhaust (for missile). Either way, you’d have your answer.

I still think this is the most plausible explanation:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2631987/posts


69 posted on 11/23/2010 11:23:40 AM PST by linear (Sticklers Unite!)
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To: Reeses
NOTICE TO MARNERS

Today's weather: Chance of rain. Possibility of appearance of children in the morning.

70 posted on 11/23/2010 11:24:01 AM PST by r9etb
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To: BushCountry
Re: 34

Hey, I can't really argue with the sentiments expressed in the bottom left picture...

71 posted on 11/23/2010 11:25:47 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Jim Noble

From a tactical point of view what response would there be. Let’s assume it was a missile from a foreign power for a moment, not many countries have the technical ability to launch a SLBM. Take out the friendly nations to us and that leaves only a couple possibilities.

1: Russia
2: China

I don’t believe in coincidences so let’s look at when this ‘UFO’ appeared. Right during the whole QE2 debate was going on this object was sighted, also this was in advance of the G8 summit.

Now, assuming it was a missile I doubt it would be us. We wouldn’t have fired this in sight of LA if this was something we wanted to keep secret. If it wasn’t us and it was a missile all signs point to China. Russia has nothing strategic to gain from firing a missile off our coast and really doesn’t have the muscle to back up t hat threat. China has both a strategic gain and the muscle to back up the threat. China sees itself as pretty much the sole Superpower in the world now, if you consider military AND financial might. Right now our economy is so fragile that *if* China had the balls to call in the chips we would be screwed financially. Sure, so would they but in a long-term conflict their financial power and the influence through the rest of the world would be the deciding factor. Right now the Chinese Navy cannot go toe to toe with ours but that’s changing quickly and due to financial pressure we’ll have to severally cut our defense spending if we don’t dramatically change course. Give the Chinese another 15-20 yrs at current pace and we will have to write off the entire pacific.


72 posted on 11/23/2010 11:28:47 AM PST by ATLDiver
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To: JoeA
The "missile".....
73 posted on 11/23/2010 11:29:00 AM PST by CALawyer
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To: ATLDiver

It was us. Another message. To whom, that is the question.


74 posted on 11/23/2010 11:30:14 AM PST by RitaOK
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To: r9etb
Sometimes the corkscrews are on purpose. Pt. Mugu's China Lake target zone is only 150 miles NNE.


75 posted on 11/23/2010 11:30:45 AM PST by Reeses
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“Why haven’t any witnesses come forward to tell the media what they saw?”

They’ve all been silenced. Come on, that is trivial stuff for a simple missile launch conspiracy.


76 posted on 11/23/2010 11:36:58 AM PST by RFEngineer
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To: r9etb
NOTICE TO MARNERS

Close enough for government work.

77 posted on 11/23/2010 11:39:50 AM PST by Reeses
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To: JoeA

It’s got to be true then.


78 posted on 11/23/2010 11:40:41 AM PST by stuartcr (When politicians politicize issues, aren't they just doing their job?)
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To: JoeA

Limbaugh is being a fool.


79 posted on 11/23/2010 11:43:34 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither.)
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To: JoeA

He’s right... in that an airplane, like any flying object, is technically a missile.


80 posted on 11/23/2010 11:44:49 AM PST by Sloth (TSA: Because 10,000,000 sexual assaults per year is justified to *possibly* prevent 300 murders.)
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