Take a look a this photo of the "Mystery Missile" as it rises straight up and then disappears ...

State of the Nation ^ | November 12th 2010 | Myself

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

Are you seriously going to tell me that this is an airliner and not a missile???

Are you seriously going to tell me that this is an airliner and not a missile???

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

Where is the missle exhaust to the ground?

Over the horizon?

35 miles out?

60 miles out?

[DBrow]

Several years ago those living near the coast were treated to codwhalloping sonic booms, from San Diego to Point Dume and beyond for all I know. It sure sounded like a sonic boom, but FedGov, Air Force, Coast Guard and anyone else in “authority” insisted that it was unusual acoustic conditions funneling the sound of practice bombing from San Clemente island. One window-rattler was labeled a seismic event, which around here is not too unbelievable.

Face it, the government sometimes does things in secret.

[UCANSEE2]

This contrail was also very far off, and the pilot ZOOMED in, which further distorts our ‘perception’ when viewing it, especially when the object is coming ‘at us’.

Why do people see the top of the mast of a ship coming in from offshore, before they see the actual ship itself?

Is the ship ‘rising’ from the bottom?

[2111USMC]

Only looks that way because they are south of the Equator.

[Radagast the Fool]

OK, I will now clear this up for everyone.

The whole thing is Bush’s fault.

Now, back to our regularly-scheduled program, “Timmy and his Tinfoll Hat”.

[Vermont Lt]

Where are the pilots in the area who saw this thing swoosh by them at mach whatever?

Where are the people in the ships/boats who saw this thing arise from the horizon with a horrible roar?

Where are the people rushing to the Entertainment Tonight cameras with their stories.

This is LA folks. These guys get excited about LiLo.

The lack of excitement from the surrounding ground makes me think that either everyone is braindead out there (a possibility, but coming from MA I tend not to throw stones) or nothing unusual happened.

[Apercu]

This area is purportedly used by the Navy and Air Force for telemetry checks using drones configured for different types of missiles.Depending on the atmospheric conditions there might or might not be visible contrails.The military knows exactly the “who, when, why, & where”and isn't saying as the public may not have a need to know.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

I am only guessing

as is nearly everyone

but as the object appears to get smaller and smaller until it vanishes,

then I would say it is obliquely moving away from us.

[ncfool]

Hell Obummer invited Russian missile Crusier ships to the US last summer. One actually docked in San Francisco.

A task force from the Russian Pacific Fleet led by the missile cruiser Varyag arrived on a friendly visit to the United States, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said.

The naval group, which also includes the Fotiy Krylov salvage tug and the Boris Butoma tanker left the Far Eastern port of Vladivostok for a month-long voyage on June 4.

"An official welcoming ceremony began at 0:00 Moscow time [20:00 GMT]," Capt. 1st Rank Roman Martov said.

Russia announced in 2007 that it was building up its naval presence across the world. Foreign port calls by Russian warships have become more frequent.

"The visit is to... further develop friendly relations between the fleets of Russia and the United States," a spokesman for the Pacific fleet said.

During the visit to San Francisco the Russian sailors will get acquainted with the city and its history, while San Francisco residents will be able to visit the ship, meet with the crew and listen to the music performed by the Pacific Fleet's orchestra

The Varyag is a Slava class missile cruiser, designed as a surface strike ship with some anti-air and ASW capability. The sixteen SS-N-12 Sandbox nuclear-capable supersonic anti-ship missiles are mounted in four pairs on either side of the superstructure, giving the ship a distinctive appearance.

NATO experts had dubbed Russian combat ships of this class "the killer of aircraft carriers," as they can launch 1,000 kg of high-explosives or a tactical nuclear warhead out to a range of 300 nautical miles.

Here is a link to the visit:

http://en.rian.ru/world/20100621/159504728.html

[nuf said]

‘the bathroom’s broken!’

Amazing how someone can get instant fame in our mobile upload society. They should be nominated for the Pulitzer.

[ncfool]

http://en.rian.ru/images/15950/47/159504797.jpg

[JennysCool]

This was posted on the "big thread" in Breaking News yesterday:

The "missile":

Same angle, same time, next day: US Airways Flight 808:

More here:

http://blog.bahneman.com/content/it-was-us-airways-flight-808

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

in virtually EVERY aircraft contrail, one can discern ‘strands’ from multiple engines near the origin of the condensate. Also there is generaly a short gap between the aircraft and the beginning of the contrail — the space where the moisture in the engine exhaust is too hot to condense In this photo, there appears to be one unified exhaust plume.

Yes

This was also pointed out earlier ... there are many points about a contrail (condensation trail) that do not match up with this exhaust plume of smoke.

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Doug Richardson, Jane’s Military Magazine Missile Expert Tells You the Truth: Ballistic Missile, No Doubt

Doug Richardson, the editor of Jane’s Missiles and Rockets examined the video for the Times of London and said he was left with little doubt.

“It’s a solid propellant missile,” he told the Times. “You can tell from the efflux [smoke].”

Richardson said it could have been a ballistic missile launched from a submarine or an interceptor, the defensive anti-missile weapon used by Navy surface ships.

Yet CBS Bullshit News says:

“The best guess right now is that it was either an airliner or an amateur rocket, but we may never know for certain.””

Haha.

[Vermont Lt]

I did not get to the bottom of your article, but if it were an EMP device, the cel phones all of these passengers were using would have been disabled.

There was a fire. Kind of hard to hide that.

And I don’t think it was the chicks on the boats that set off a missile.

China is not going to shoot at us over the QE2. They will walk away from the bond market, and dump some bonds. Sending an economic shot across our bow is more meaningful these days. And a lot more safe. You do not tend to respond with nukes if someone jacks up your interest rate.

[The Comedian]

It was an airplane contrail.

I wish everyone would quit being such Alex Jones acolytes.

Dec. 31 2009 airplane contrail:

Same contrail, different view:

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[SeeSac]

Wow.... look at some of the responses on this thread. The whackadoodle factor has gone waaayyyyy past critical on this topic.

I gave up on these yesterday. I was even told that these forums were not about fact-finding. They exist only to argue opinions. Evidence based on hear-say is strongest. 'I heard this guy call in on the radio say it was a missile. He should know since he said he had worked in missiles'! Or, 'I was on a blog and most of the dudes there are experts and they believe it was a missile'.

[tips up]

Some doofus on Hannity last night said it was a “toy rocket”...

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

That is a missile launched from a submerged submarine. I have seen several launches and this photo is exactly like the launches I saw.

Thanks

[<1/1,000,000th%]

These aliens have been launching spacecraft from earth since the 1950's.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

No

What you have there seems to be a contrail coming at us from over a mountain top, straight towards us.

It is an illusion.

Smoke coming out of the back of a rocket is what we see in the video, the enlargements etc.

Have you read the dozens with missile expertise what do not agree with the ridiculous contrail idea?

Janes? Is he to be deceived by an airliner contrail???

Here is the comment just above:

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That is a missile launched from a submerged submarine. I have seen several launches and this photo is exactly like the launches I saw.

But perhaps he is a foolish FReeper too.