Why can´t it be identified then? With all the ATC in the area, this ¨airliner¨ hypothesis seems pretty flimsy.
“Why can´t it be identified then? With all the ATC in the area, this ¨airliner¨ hypothesis seems pretty flimsy.”
Guys, relax, let it go. It was an airliner.
Even Drudge has let it go now.
Flight tracker has the flight number
US Airways flight 808 from Hawaii to Phoenix
http://uncinus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/4/#more-440]Jet
Good link with lots of examples of other “rockets” and “missiles”.
If it was a massive rocket, we would have gotten the same reports and webcams from all up and down the coast.
Didn’t happen.
Me> SoCal private pilot, backyard astronomy, aerospace nut for over forty years and seen it all including making a point to see Vandenberg launches when possible. I am an experienced SoCal skywatcher to say the least.
It’s an airliner.