"And in the shaky world we now live, it's nice to know that a sky-high detonation is natural versus a nuclear weapon blast." As I read it---all fireballs, shooting stars, asteroids and meteoroids will be classified by our government....Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm? What is the real reason for keeping this scientific data under wraps?
To: NorwegianViking
A... U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by ...government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released... LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
Nothing to see, folks, move along, move along...
ROFL!
2 posted on
06/10/2009 8:53:33 PM PDT by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: NorwegianViking
Keeping the general public out of the information loop so as to prevent a panic over an ELE?
3 posted on
06/10/2009 8:54:06 PM PDT by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
To: NorwegianViking
They know what the actual source is:
Don't click here. You might be offended. I mean it. DONT CLICK THERE!!!!!!
4 posted on
06/10/2009 8:56:09 PM PDT by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: NorwegianViking
Not reporting meteors detected by our recon satellites might make sense. It will prevent other countries from knowing how sensitive the satellites are and what their fields of view are. If meteors A, B and C burn up in the atmosphere, but only A and C are recorded by the satellite that means B wasn't seen so you can tell what it can see.
5 posted on
06/10/2009 8:59:23 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
To: NorwegianViking
I do know for a fact that the DOD is playing around with ball-lightning pretty seriously...the natural phenominon also has some fancy German name, but I heard they want to make it a weapon.
Don’t know if this is really related, though.
I think a lot of times what some folks are seeing is R&D tests of an emerging weapons system.
7 posted on
06/10/2009 9:01:14 PM PDT by
gaijin
To: NorwegianViking
8 posted on
06/10/2009 9:01:24 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(Gitmo detainees to Alcatraz!)
To: NorwegianViking
More 0bama “transparency”...
9 posted on
06/10/2009 9:03:18 PM PDT by
null and void
(We are now in day 142 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: NorwegianViking
What is the real reason for keeping this scientific data under wraps?
Plausible deniability.
11 posted on
06/10/2009 9:04:03 PM PDT by
TomGuy
To: NorwegianViking
I could see a minimal risk to reporting when one of our satellites spots an impact, but if handled properly the risk would be minimal at best.
If we report a satellite spotting an impact, an enemy could look where the impact was and could possibly estimate where our satellites are. Of course I’m mostly ignorant about this, this is just an idea that came to mind as far as any potential risks are concerned. Our adversaries probably already know where most of our satellites are anyway. lol
12 posted on
06/10/2009 9:04:55 PM PDT by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: NorwegianViking
All about “I have the power to...I have the power to...I have the power to....over you!!!
15 posted on
06/10/2009 9:21:49 PM PDT by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: NorwegianViking
In the 60’s there were sightings on radar scopes all over this country of UFO’s flying at unheard of speeds and altitudes never reached by any known winged aircraft. The SR-71 hid in the night and was responsible for thousands of UFO reports. After several years service the blackbirds existence was uncovered.
Somehow, this has the same smell to it.
17 posted on
06/10/2009 9:27:18 PM PDT by
oldenuff2no
(I'm a VET and damn proud of it!!! I did not fight for a socialist America!!!!!!!)
To: Grampa Dave; LonePalm
19 posted on
06/10/2009 9:33:38 PM PDT by
BIGLOOK
(Government needs a Keelhauling now and then.)
To: NorwegianViking
Most Transparent Administration Ever ping
BTW, this is a great way to hide a nuclear detonation as an exploding comet (e.g. "No Muslims at fault for that flattened city"), or an exploding comet as a nuclear detonation ("Right wing extremists flattened that city").
To: NorwegianViking
It's probably some egotistical little POS full-bird Colonel or Brigadier/Major General is looking for a promotion.
26 posted on
06/10/2009 9:59:07 PM PDT by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: NorwegianViking
It’s possible that there is a new surveillance satellite, whose capabilities we do not wish to reveal. Handing out the data would at minimum run the risk of revealing those capabilities, or even just the mere existence of that new bird.
31 posted on
06/10/2009 10:49:23 PM PDT by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: NorwegianViking
"...it's nice to know that a sky-high detonation is natural versus a nuclear weapon blast."If the electricity stays on, it was natural.
37 posted on
06/11/2009 7:18:00 AM PDT by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: NorwegianViking
Surveillance sats have always reported “zoo animals”
Perhaps they are now flying the ‘Delta blimp’/Aurora/Hammer of Thor/X-51 HCM/Minotaur/your fav black project.... Or not.
39 posted on
06/11/2009 9:17:12 AM PDT by
ASOC
(Who IS that fat lady, and why is she singing?????)
To: NorwegianViking
"What is the real reason for keeping this scientific data under wraps?" Simply because reporting what you know is one of the best ways of compromising the full extent of you're intelligence gathering capabilities.
40 posted on
06/11/2009 9:19:17 AM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: NorwegianViking
The coming of the new Hijre Aswad or black stone of the Kaaba (Mecca) is arriving soon. The soon to be Caliphate doesn’t want its arrival reported.
44 posted on
06/13/2009 5:49:07 PM PDT by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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