Posted on 11/10/2010 10:59:19 AM PST by Eleutheria5
WASHINGTON -The Pentagon said Tuesday it did not know what created a vapor trail that crossed the skies off the Southern California coast and resembled a missile launch. Video posted on the CBS News website shows an object flying through the evening sky Monday that left a large contrail, or vapor trail. A news helicopter owned by KCBS, a CBS affiliate in Los Angeles, shot the video. Pentagon officials were stumped by the event. "Nobody within the Department of Defense that we've reached out to has been able to explain what this contrail is, where it came from," Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said. While the vapor cloud captured on video resembled that created by a rocket in flight, military officials said they didn't know of any launches in the area. Lapan said that "all indications" were that the Defense Department was not involved with the object. One expert called it an optical illusion. "It's an airplane that is heading toward the camera and the contrail is illuminated by the setting sun," said John Pike, director of the U.S.-based security analyst group globalsecurity.org. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, issued a statement jointly with the U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, saying that the contrail was not the result of a foreign military launching a missile. It provided no details. "We can confirm that there is no threat to our nation," the statement said. "We will provide more information as it becomes available."
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How about an ATP and/or a type rating? Most of the prop heads I know running around with a Comm-multi are flight instructors trying to get a seat at the show.
Remember, the only thing you can't be forgiven for, is being boring. :):)
I rarely log in, just for background on accidents and weird issues like this one.
I just logged in, the thread is closed on this event, but check these last comments:
"cased closed as far as command is concerned"
"Betcha those sat pics looked interesting"
Hmmmmmmm satellite pics? Not sure what they're referring to. There are a lot of sidebar comments that I can't see between members.
Satellite pictures!?!?!
I never thought of that!!!
I think you've discovered a real interesting question for the government!
Where are the satellite photos of the area for that time frame???
Time for some digging on that. There would be any number of satellites monitoring the LA area, weather, etc.
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