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Mystery Missile Launch Seen off Calif. Coast
CBS News ^ | 11/9/10 | CBS

Posted on 11/09/2010 8:05:31 AM PST by Gennie

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To: lonevoice
...I think it's irresponsible for him not to elaborate.

I think that it would be irresponsible to elaborate on what was not aired.

But think about it: obviously this was property of the U.S. government, and they don't want to talk about it. Therefore, I don't want to talk about it. What does it say on this page?

Loose lips sink ships.

941 posted on 11/09/2010 4:30:15 PM PST by Restore
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To: Tommyjo

“If it had been a ballistic missile launch then NORAD would have the info and detection of it. They obviously don’t so it is a puzzle as all they have is the footage”

You must have quite the security clearance to know what NORAD does and doesn’t have.


942 posted on 11/09/2010 4:30:18 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: DCBryan1
I doubt the Paki Navy would have the stones to do this, but there are some die hard Islamofacists within the ISI that openly operates against the wishes of their parent governement.

The Paki navy has nice French designed/built nuke subs with 12 launch tubes each. Ultra quiet engines and cruise range reported to be in the 4,000 mile range. They could do it easily.

943 posted on 11/09/2010 4:32:09 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: jhpigott

Oh cool. Mystery solved. Can we please have the flight number and all pertinent information regarding it’s path now?

/s


944 posted on 11/09/2010 4:32:53 PM PST by Raebie
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To: Halgr
Catalina Island is their back yard....I’ve spent a lot of time in the area and they are present there a lot.

San Clemente Island is a live fire navy base, has been since the 1930's. Someone has likely posted this by now, but I don't want to read 900 plus posts. Wikipedia has info on it.

I grew up cruising and racing sailboats to Catalina, never came near San Clemente.

945 posted on 11/09/2010 4:37:57 PM PST by 4woodenboats
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To: BreezyDog

They could have had another failure(2 failures last month) or this could have been an “acquire and track” test.It could be totally un-related to the ABL,but that area IS a KNOWN military test ground.No freaking way this was a “rogue” launch or China,or any other thing than a military or contractor test.


946 posted on 11/09/2010 4:39:32 PM PST by quack ("Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.")
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To: idkfa
If it were a missle launch, why is the bottom of the “plume” illuminated by the sun after sunset?

That's pretty convincing. It's frustrating that the news footage just shows quick snippets. At one point they do a zoom to the point of the contrail that gives the suggestion of an ascending rocket. However, the pan back shows the base of the contrail evidently on the horizon and illuminated by the setting sun.

947 posted on 11/09/2010 4:40:22 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: Cap74

“Remember that this is basically how the UFO movement keeps chugging along. Something is seen that looks odd, no immediate explanation can be found, officials state the fact that there’s a perfectly natural explanation... and many conclude that there is now evidence of alien craft and a government cover-up.”

Like JAL 1628, where multiple ground-based radar (civilian and military), the involved pilots, and at least one other plane’s pilots imagined the exotic-movement unidentified flying object doing things no tech on earth is known to be able to do?

Your help with understanding the radars involved being subject to the same hallucination as the pilots would be appreiciated, this one has always stumped me.


948 posted on 11/09/2010 4:46:38 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: Raebie

Simple: Happened before—Durned old center wing tank blew the nose off of a 747 again, catching it on fire, then the silly thing immediately pointed straight up due to the weight of the tail, and the inertia caused a “zoom climb” from sea level to out of sight, or camera range. Whatsamatter with you conspiracy nuts?


949 posted on 11/09/2010 4:46:55 PM PST by acehai
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To: daisy mae for the usa

WHERE IS BIDEN. WHO IS IN CHARGE?


950 posted on 11/09/2010 4:57:38 PM PST by angcat (DEAR GOD PLEASE SAVE OUR COUNTRY!)
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To: Gennie

The article states where it came from, but does not indicate where it landed or what direction it was going? Has anyone heard where it landed, or what direction it was headed?


951 posted on 11/09/2010 5:06:30 PM PST by mjaneangels@aolcom
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To: Restore
...obviously this was property of the U.S. government, and they don't want to talk about it. Therefore, I don't want to talk about it.

Hey, thanks for replying to the ping. I see that you post on an infrequent basis, so I do appreciate the elaboration. Looking back (for no other reason than being an inordinately curious individual by nature), I see that you are a former Army pilot, a flight instructor, charter jet pilot, corporate jet pilot, and currently a NewsChopper 2 pilot (presumably for the station that filmed and aired the video we're all talking about here).

As you say, "obviously this was property of the U.S. government...", and earlier you said that after filming it and seeing what it could do, you understood why the government wouldn't want to talk about it.

Now I'm going to assume that you are who and what you say you are, I see no reason not to. Given your vantage point when you filmed this, and given your aviation expertise, I believe that you're in an exceptional position to at least approximately identify what you saw...property of the U.S. government, behaving in a way that convinced you they (the government) wouldn't want to comment on it.

Apparently, authorities are now coming forward to Fox News saying unequivocally that this was simply the contrail of a jet. I would take it you don't believe that's what you saw, and what you filmed.

At any rate, I am reassured by your comment that what you saw was of U.S. origin, and I'll leave it at that. Thanks again for your insight!

952 posted on 11/09/2010 5:12:48 PM PST by lonevoice (This space for sale on eBay)
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To: Who is John Galt?
I suspect it's just our 'Fearless Leader' showing off (at the expense of the American taxpayer, as usual) while he's vacationing at his boyhood home in Indonesia...

In the light of this, I wondered if it was a demo to China not to get too cute, demonstrating that we could still launch nukes with Teh One partying down in India...

NO cheers, unfortunately.

953 posted on 11/09/2010 5:15:33 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Celtic Cross

“I mean, if a rival nation was launching missiles 35 miles off the US coast, why would the military even leave the issue open to speculation..”

why ? because 1) IF it was ours, something is seriously wrong if there is that kind of activity, and no one seem to know a thing. I agree with other posters, if that was ours, by now we would know. 2) IF IT IS NOT OURS, it is a MAJOR disaster for our entire Defense apparatus. China or Russia are the only two possible “senders” of that piece of hardware. Either one, our military looks very, very, bad. Just as bad as on 9/11 when the only two airplanes they could scramble were totally unarmed. What do we pay all the defense $$ for ? This ? I want my money back !


954 posted on 11/09/2010 5:17:11 PM PST by ToniDes
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To: dragnet2

Fox now speculating it was a launch in “error”.


955 posted on 11/09/2010 5:17:18 PM PST by CWSNTEXAS
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To: GSP.FAN

Rogue asteroid heading towards earth...? Launch attempt to take it out before impact in western hemisphere... I pray not....


956 posted on 11/09/2010 5:18:08 PM PST by visioneer2
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To: GSP.FAN

Rogue asteroid heading towards earth...? Launch attempt to take it out before impact in western hemisphere... I pray not....


957 posted on 11/09/2010 5:18:14 PM PST by visioneer2
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To: metmom

OldMissileer: “That is a sub launched ballistic missile and it looks as if its’ trajectory was taking it toward Kwajalein Atoll where we target our western test launches.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2624382/posts?page=47#47


958 posted on 11/09/2010 5:27:14 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Our 2010 victory was won the Tea Party Way, not the RINO way.)
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To: All

With my tinfoil hat firmly atop my head I can’t help but wonder at the fact that this happened while Zero was halfway around the world.


959 posted on 11/09/2010 5:28:15 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Some are saying that this is nothing more than a contrail from a jet airliner. It must have been a 747 taking off on floats 35 miles west of LA.


960 posted on 11/09/2010 5:33:25 PM PST by jesseam (Been there, done that)
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