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.
Scroll down for KFMB video showing the launch.
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.
My guess it is the US military....but why don’t they just say so?
Oh come on, we all know it was caused by a tree branch on a power line.
ping
My mind refuses just refuses to believe this.
Anybody seen this yet?
NOTAM for LA.
KZLA LOS ANGELES A2832/10 – THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS ARE REQUIRED DUE TO NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION ACTIVATION OF W537. IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, ALL NON-PARTICIPATING PILOTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID W537. IFR TRAFFIC UNDER ATC JURISDICTION SHOULD ANTICIPATE CLEARANCE AROUND W537 AND CAE 1176. CAE 1155 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. CAE 1316 & CAE 1318 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. CAE 1177 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. W537 ACTIVE, CAE 1176 CLOSED. SURFACE – FL390, 09 NOV 20:00 2010 UNTIL 10 NOV 01:00 2010. CREATED: 08 NOV 20:52 2010
Someone on this thread must be a licensed pilot....please read the above and tell us if it looks legit.....
The Dallas Cowboys are using them!
Probably because the truth would probably scare the holy livin’ fecal matter out of the entire country...
We are unarmed and vulnerable when Obama is out of the country.
Very odd to see you on this particular thread, given your vastly diminished posting level and your history as a pro-government-ops guy.The night is still young the the 'game' just beginning ...Well, on the other hand, you didn't say anything terribly shillish. I'll give ya that. :)
See posts 264, 268, 279 and 282. I know I am stupid. I admit it.
I don’t know enough about sonar to comment; I just recall the case; if won by the group; would have effectively left us blinded on our coasts.
“They are reporting the Pentagon again just announced it is still denying any knowledge of this event, or who might have launched it...
My mind refuses just refuses to believe this.”
Probably trying to figure out how to respond to the event without freaking out the entirety of the U.S. and at the same time retain some level of credibility.
Any link to the Oct 29th report ...?
“The U.S. military is looking into an incident on Saturday in which it lost communications with 50 long-range nuclear-armed missiles based in the northern United States. The U.S. Air Force’s new Global Strike Command lost communications with the missiles for about 45 minutes”
I wanna party with that cowboy....damn.
Yup.
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Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet
http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/30/al-gore-places-infant-son-in-rocket-to-escape-dying-planet/
Maybe George Soros has decided to spend his money on practical jokes.....
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