Robert Ellsworth fmr Dep Sec of Defense says "Spectacular! Takes yr breath away! Sub launched ICBM!"

News 8 San Diego Video and Blog ^ | November 12th 2010 | Self

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

Title of video is: Mysterious Missile Launches over Southern California Mystery Missile Launch "Lights Up the Sky" over LA: Watch the video and judge for yourself. Listen to the former Deputy Secretary of Defense, and former US Ambassador to NATO, Robert Ellsworth, and hear the laughing amazement in his voice as he tells the two reporters: "It is a big missile !!! Spectacular! Takes your breath away !!! Sub launched ICBM !!!" ... but what would he know?

[rabidralph]

[CharlesWayneCT]

That picture there is so obviously an airplane, that’s a much better picture of it.

It’s not moving. I don’t know how they can say it was moving, or that “in seconds the object had zoomed out of our view”, because we’ve seen on the video that the object isn’t moving at the distances they are viewing it.

Too bad they didn’t record the webcam over time, to show this “zooming”. Too bad that none of the videos being shot of this show it zooming or moving.

[RobRoy]

>>US Airways had very little to say about about Flight 808. They seemed to be as organized as the military.<<

I have a feeling they don’t want to say much. They have said all that needs to be said in their flight schedules and routes. The rest is pandering to conspiracy nuts. They don’t respond much to truthers any more either.

[Seven plus One]

It’s clear a lot of people really have a hard time backing down, no matter what.

An airplane heading to Phoenix would have flown over the cameraman's head as shown in the bottom image, it would not have disappeared into the west. Phoenix is not west of Los Angeles. Personally, I don't give a damn what it was, I wasn't there. The video shows a rocket exhaust. If it was an airplane, then it was a rocket powered airplane, headed out to sea.

People can become kind of intransigent when presented with the argument: You idiot, this matter is settled! Ask Algore about that. Piss on their (our, my) leg and tell them that it's raining, and watch them (us, me) disagree, even with the Navy and Glenn Beck on your side.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks DontTreadOnMe2009.

[RobRoy]

If only the cameraman had filmed the whole thing. But alas, he did not.

Giving truthers all the evidence they need.

[Seven plus One]

To record the whole thing, the cameraman would need to follow the object in his own rocket. Cameramen don't earn enough to swing that. A stationary shot allows the viewer to watch the trajectory develop and also estimate the altitude and relative velocity of the object. Plenty of information for even the truthiest of truthers, if we're interested enough.

[irishtenor]

WHat the heck, I shot another.
This one stuck, inside my brother...

[buccaneer81]

They don’t respond much to truthers any more either.

US Airways wasn't involved in 9/11.

[Ransomed]

I don’t think there’s ten minutes of interesting film - IIRC the camera man said the actual launch or event took only about two minutes.

OK—do you remember where you heard that? The only thing I’ve heard is the guy filmed for around 10 minutes. It seems to me that the whole video should be released. Now, it could be the guy is holding out for some kind of deal for the whole thing; I wouldn’t blame him. But don’t you think that it’s kind of weird that everyone is making concrete statement based on a fraction of what was filmed?

Freegards

[Ransomed]

“It seems that the cameraman was struggling in his brief interview and said that he shot 10 minutes of film but showing two minutes of ICBM missile gong up into the sky...

and 8 minutes of lingering smoke, as he was so amazed at what he had seen and was waiting to see what happened next but the object had disappeared as it got smaller and smaller, and only the smoke plume remained.”

Well, don’t you think the whole video should be posted?

“The total raw footage from beginning to end seems not to be found anywhere - only chopped up bits and parts.”

Why? I don’t know if it was a missile or not, but don’t you think that is weird? If I was a camera guy who happened to film something spectacular, I’d want every bit of footage out there so it would shut up the skeptics. Maybe he’s holding out for money, which is fine, and it does prolong the hype I guess, either way.

Freegards

[TigersEye]

It would sure be interesting to know who is adding these keywords to numerous threads on the CA mystery missile threads. They sure can't be FRiends of Free Republic.

KEYWORDS: 2manykooks; freerepubilckooksite; freerepublickooks; kooksite; moonbat;

[A.A. Cunningham]

Chinook(sic) (CH53)

Chinook CH-47

Sea Stallion CH-53

Better watch that video again. If you're having trouble identifying the helicopter you're having trouble identifying other things as well.

[tlb]

>>> “I shot an arrow into the air.;
It fell to earth, I knew not where...”

The correct quote:

I shoot an arrow into the air,
where it lands I do not care:
I get my arrows wholesale!

(c) Curly Howard

[screaminsunshine]

The Post said it was a US attack sub shooting at the Chi-Coms. The EMP attack on the cruise ship knocked out its whole power grid.

[norton]

My bad, but there's a Chinook in the video.

Don't know why I switched numbers but if I claim advanced age you'd probably repeat yourself.

Thanks for correction.

[worst-case scenario]

Now that’s an added verse I like! Good thing for my brother I never had any of those arrows with sharp points - our parents knew us too well.