Posted on 11/09/2010 8:05:31 AM PST by Gennie
(CBS) A mysterious missile launch off the southern California coast was caught by CBS affiliate KCBS's cameras Monday night, and officials are staying tight-lipped over the nature of the projectile.
CBS station KFMB put in calls to the Navy and Air Force Monday night about the striking launch off the coast of Los Angeles, which was easily visible from the coast, but the military has said nothing about the launch.
KFMB showed video of the apparent missile to former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Robert Ellsworth, who is also a former Deputy Secretary of Defense, to get his thoughts.
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Video here
"It's spectacular… It takes people's breath away," said Ellsworth, calling the projectile, "a big missile".
Magnificent images were captured by the KCBS news helicopter in L.A. around sunset Monday evening. The location of the missile was about 35 miles out to sea, west of L.A. and north of Catalina Island.
A Navy spokesperson told KFMB it wasn't their missile. He said there was no Navy activity reported in the area Monday evening.
On Friday night, Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, launched a Delta II rocket, carrying an Italian satellite into orbit, but a sergeant at the base told KFMB there had been no launches since then.
Ellsworth urged American to wait for definitive answers to come from the military.
When asked, however, what he thought it might be, the former ambassador said it could possibly have been a missile test timed as a demonstration of American military might as President Obama tours Asia.
"It could be a test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine … to demonstrate, mainly to Asia, that we can do that," speculated Ellsworth.
Ellsworth said such tests were carried out in the Atlantic to demonstrate America's power to the Soviets, when there was a Soviet Union, but he doesn't believe an ICBM has previously been tested by the U.S. over the Pacific.
Officially, at least, the projectile remains a mystery missile.
Breaking News Update 12:37pm Pacific: Fox News just reported that the three major possibilities are a government operation, private rocketeer or something sinister. Fox News has reported that the Pentagon does NOT know who fired the missile and therefore cannot deem the immediate area safe.
A video that appears to show a missile launch off the coast of California is so far “unexplained” by anyone in the military, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters Tuesday morning
Multiple officials have pushed the fraudulent theory that the missile was simply a contrail. This is almost laughable. How stupid do these people think we are?
Last night a mysterious missile was fired of the coast of southern California. Right now we do not know who fired it or why. This is a very curious incident that could possibly be used as a staged event.
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Video was taken from a KCBS chopper that showed a huge contrail which obviously indicates some sort of missile launch. If witnesses had not got this launch on video, the Pentagon may have denied that it happened all together.
NEWSER – The Pentagon has had nearly a day now to explain the apparent missile that soared into the sky off the coast of California and it’s come up with ... zilch. What’s more, because defense officials still don’t know what it was, they can’t exactly say it’s nothing to worry about, a Pentagon spokesman said today. A traffic copter from a CBS affiliate captured the video of the projectile, which was about 35 miles out to sea near Los Angeles, during rush hour. The Missile Defense Agency, the Navy, and the Air Force all say they’re clueless, reports
Monkey quote.
Prophetic words -- as I write this on the one month anniversary of the "missile madness"...
The contrail explanation (MD-11, UPS 902) is, by now, bulletproof. Anyone who has looked at ALL the evidence knows this was not a missile. But the madness continues... Absolutely bizarre! This missile thing is truly a creature of the internet.
Writing one month later - no (ZERO) missile launch witnesses...
Ever hear of “coming from over the horizon”??
One month later it has been — UPS MD-11 from Hawaii into Ontario, CA.
One month later: UPS 902 -- MD-11 from Hawaii to Ontario, CA. Proved. Rock solid.
Whoa, good morning to you too, lol. See my post at 910, and follow the discussion from there if you are so inclined ; }
God bless.
Tatt
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