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L.A. ‘mystery missile’ may have been "errant" launch, experts say (Read that "accidental")
LA Times ^
| 11/09/2010
| LA Times
Posted on 11/09/2010 3:33:25 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
Military officials remain stumped about the mysterious projectile spotted in the sky off the Southern California coast, but aerospace experts said it appeared to be an errant missile launch.
Pentagon officials are looking into what they have called an "unexplained contrail" after a KCBS news helicopter shot video late Monday of a luminous point hurtling through the sky followed by a long vapor trail.
SNIP
The lack of explanation from the Pentagon makes Caceres believe it may have been a mistake -- perhaps a defense exercise launched by accident.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 800; californiamissile; contrail; flight800; missilemystery; mysterymissile; tinfoilbrigade; twa; twaflight800
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To: The KG9 Kid
IF it’s a commercial jetliner (and it may be) it seems it would be an easy thing to tell exactly which flight it was.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:09:45 PM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: F15Eagle
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:10:10 PM PST
by
angcat
(DEAR GOD PLEASE SAVE OUR COUNTRY!)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour; All
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:10:43 PM PST
by
jimbo123
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
“Let's play global thermonuclear war...” I call shenanigans.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:11:06 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(What flavor kool-aid are you drinking?)
To: steve86
It’s called San Clemente Island.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:11:57 PM PST
by
EricT.
(Can we start hanging them yet?)
To: JennysCool
Well of course. Excellent disinformation. BTW, those UFOs over airports, they’re really not holographic images either.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:12:24 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: MtnClimber
Russian Arctic trajectory.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:13:13 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(What flavor kool-aid are you drinking?)
To: EricT.
No, it is NW of San Clemente. It is a small island compared to those. Map and name was posted on another thread. I can’t find it now.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:13:51 PM PST
by
steve86
To: The KG9 Kid
Yet nobody reported a thing except this wacky news copter crew?
I doubt it would matter anyway. Over 600 people witnessed TWA flight 800 get hit by a missle and they were all ignored.
We will never know what happened here since our government cannot be trusted to tell us the truth anyway.
To: JennysCool
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
What this crap saying mystery missile may have been “errant” launch, ...if we launched even by accident...we know it...the launch was out at sea...if one of OUR ships or sub... don’t you think the Captain would get right on the radio when it happen to to the Pentagon and say “Opps! or "look out" or "Fore!" or something?
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:15:52 PM PST
by
tophat9000
(.............................. BP + BO = BS ...........................Formula for a disaster...)
To: MindBender26
>>We have no launch faclities 35 miles west of LA.... just a lot of deep water.<<
You forgot to add; “That you know of.”
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:17:22 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
To: r9etb
Normally they try to get to closer to the equator which is the purpose of having one that can float out to sea.
73
posted on
11/09/2010 4:17:39 PM PST
by
DarkWaters
("Deception is a state of mind --- and the mind of the state" --- James Jesus Angleton)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
It’s probably those darn terrorists practicing again like they did with TWA 800.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:18:26 PM PST
by
Rappini
("Pro deo et Patria.)
To: FrankR
It was [supposedly] launched from a ship, which many times are nukes.All non-SSBN nuclear weapons were removed from ships back in the early 1990's.
This is very close to the Navy's only remaining live-fire range, San Clemente Island. There is a strong possibility this was a Harpoon or Tomahawk practice shot or new missile mod test from an SSN, and the Navy HATES discussing where and what their submarines are up to at any given time.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:19:20 PM PST
by
EricT.
(Can we start hanging them yet?)
To: DarkWaters
Normally they try to get to closer to the equator which is the purpose of having one that can float out to sea. I'm aware of that.
Still.... it'd make for a convenient way to launch polar missions from someplace other than Vandenberg.
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:20:02 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Let’s play Global Thermonuclear War.
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
“Errant Launch”
So what was the warhead(s)? What was the target
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:23:22 PM PST
by
Mike Darancette
(Democrat Party is shovel ready)
To: FrankR
I agree. Missiles have to be enabled from multiple sources before they can be fired. It’s not like you can spill a cup of coffee and “ZOOM!.........Uh!oh!”
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:23:53 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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posted on
11/09/2010 4:31:04 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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