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Pentagon calls mystery missile 'unexplained,' cannot rule out threat
NY Post ^ | 11/09/2010 | NY Post

Posted on 11/09/2010 1:45:41 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour

The Pentagon said Tuesday that a missile launch off the southern coast of California remained “unexplained” and that its mysterious origins meant that it was not possible to rule out any threat to the homeland, Fox News Channel reported.

Earlier Tuesday, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and NORTHCOM (United States Northern Command) officials told Fox there was no threat, but Pentagon Spokesman Col. Dave Lapan would not confirm that because the military does not know what the missile was or where it came from.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 800; californiamissile; contrail; flight800; mysterymissile; notbreakingnews; tinfoilbrigade; twa800; twaflight800
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1 posted on 11/09/2010 1:45:44 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Where did it land?
2 posted on 11/09/2010 1:47:08 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Unexplained? Yeah, right. They know what it is.


3 posted on 11/09/2010 1:47:09 PM PST by Wee-Weed Up
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Muzzies practicing for the next “Big One.”


4 posted on 11/09/2010 1:47:26 PM PST by Palladin (PA. Goes Republican! Gloating feels good!!)
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Lapan added that the incident did not appear to be a regularly scheduled test, as no warnings to mariners or airmen appeared to be issued ahead of its launch.

No FAA NOTMS were issued for the launch or were the MOA, Vandenberg or Point Mugu NAS Test Ranges activated

5 posted on 11/09/2010 1:47:45 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: Wee-Weed Up

We all better hope so.


6 posted on 11/09/2010 1:47:52 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Wee-Weed Up

China/Russia saying that they are pissed about QE2?


7 posted on 11/09/2010 1:48:29 PM PST by whitedog57
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

can’t rule out a threat???


8 posted on 11/09/2010 1:49:07 PM PST by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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According to a bunch of guys over on Flightinfo.com there were CIVILIAN aircraft airborne and in the test area when this thing launched.

No warning was given.


9 posted on 11/09/2010 1:49:13 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: Wee-Weed Up

Who was that msm person saying zero needs an OK city??? With him out of country, I am very suspicious.


10 posted on 11/09/2010 1:49:44 PM PST by gidget7 ("When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." Thomas Jefferson)
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Oh great, was it a handheld shooting at a plane? How big was the glare from it?
Now if it was some homeless guy with a joint they’ed be all over him, a missile , we don’t know..oh well...
sounds like an uhbummer set up...


11 posted on 11/09/2010 1:50:02 PM PST by aces
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Sooner or later those j@ckasses are going to get lucky and in spite of their own monumental incompetance actually do damage.
12 posted on 11/09/2010 1:50:17 PM PST by Pietro
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If the Pentagon can't rule it out as a threat, it was a threat.


13 posted on 11/09/2010 1:50:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Government has no other end, but the preservation of property." --John Locke)
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This is a joke, right?


14 posted on 11/09/2010 1:51:09 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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No FAA NOTMS were issued for the launch or were the MOA, Vandenberg or Point Mugu NAS Test Ranges activated


What’s the bottom line?


15 posted on 11/09/2010 1:51:27 PM PST by unkus
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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


16 posted on 11/09/2010 1:51:36 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Our 2010 victory was won the Tea Party Way, not the RINO way.)
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Okay, so. wait. they have no idea who launched it, but there’s no cause for alarm? I saw it last night, it was like the big Vandenberg launches except no meandering and it as out west instead of up north. Like a big rocket..

If this was not freindly, well then this is NOT GOOD. It was just off the coast at a city with 11 million people. It headed west over the pacific, if it had headed over the mainland... what THEN?


17 posted on 11/09/2010 1:51:39 PM PST by moodyskeptic (Cultural warrior with a keyboard)
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So an unexplained missile launch off the coast of California

...but that’s not a threat?


18 posted on 11/09/2010 1:51:52 PM PST by jerry557
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Obama hit the wrong button on his handheld?


19 posted on 11/09/2010 1:52:21 PM PST by samtheman
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Wait a minute. Haven’t the authorities rushed to assure the public that this was not terrorist related?


20 posted on 11/09/2010 1:52:21 PM PST by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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