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Pentagon, NASA experts say mystery plume was plane (Well, there you have it. Move along, Folks.)
AP on Yahoo ^
| 11/11/10
| John Antczak - AP
Posted on 11/11/2010 11:50:13 AM PST by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES The Pentagon and NASA experts have determined that a billowing contrail seen streaking into the skies above Southern California was likely caused by an airliner and not a missile.
The phenomenon recorded Monday evening by a TV news helicopter created a media sensation and a vapor trail of commentary across the Internet about the possibility of a secret missile firing. But the military insisted it knew of no rockets launched in the area.
Defense Department spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Wednesday that officials were satisfied it was an airplane contrail distorted by camera angle, winds and other environmental factors including a setting sun.
Military experts studied the video and talked to all government agencies that might have been involved in a missile launch and none reported having launched one, Lapan said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2manykooks; californiamissile; contrail; experts; freerepublickooks; freerepublickooksite; havingtoomuchfun; kooksite; mysterymissile; nasa; pentagon; plume; tinfoil; tinfoilbrigade
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Move along Folks, show's over, just so much vapour, nothing else..
To: NormsRevenge
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..???.."and I got skinny brown turtles in my litter box"
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posted on
11/11/2010 11:54:15 AM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: NormsRevenge
apologies in advance to anyone that thinks this thread is
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posted on
11/11/2010 11:55:24 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
>>>Move along Folks, show’s over, just so much vapour, nothing else..
Not buying it. It’s Unicorn farts.
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posted on
11/11/2010 11:55:45 AM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
The sky is burning over New York City!
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posted on
11/11/2010 11:56:20 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: BenLurkin
That's pretty cool stuff,, any shots of the NYC event?
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Keep the faith and Remember, Baby! It's always HaPPy Hour somewhere! clink!
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posted on
11/11/2010 11:58:39 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: Keith in Iowa
It was Obama who took some Indonesians onboard AF-1 for a special flight mimicking the path of Muhammed on his black horse (wasn’t the horse named Barak?) flying to the moon.
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posted on
11/11/2010 11:59:24 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: NormsRevenge
That's pretty cool stuff,, any shots of the NYC event?Is it the same rocket the pilot videotaped in LA?
Wow. What a range.
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:01:05 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
I was actually at Luke that night (I’m a civilian). An F-16 pilot I spoke to about it told me that it was probably a flight test of an F-16 following engine maintenance or repair. He said that after work is done on the engines, the pilots really put the planes through their paces to make sure things are working right - including high speed, steep climbs.
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:01:09 PM PST
by
Camerican
(I had a tagline, but Obama made me "share" it with others.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:01:46 PM PST
by
ncfool
(The new USSA - United Socialst States of AmeriKa. Welcome to Obummers world or Obamaville USSA.)
To: UCANSEE2
since it is so easy anymore to keep records, of they said which flight it was???
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:01:46 PM PST
by
SF_Redux
To: NormsRevenge
It was space aliens. I am such a conspiracy theory nut, I just blame all unexplained things on space aliens since their technology can't be explained anyway.
/ sarc
It looks like a jet's contrail to me.
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:02:04 PM PST
by
lormand
(A Government who robs Peter to pay Paul, will always have the support of Paul)
To: NormsRevenge
It touched down in upper Manhattan...
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:03:22 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: Camerican
Those birds can make a heck of a lot of racket and put out a pile of plumeage,, cool watching ‘em climb like that..
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:03:56 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: SF_Redux
“since it is so easy anymore to keep records, of they said which flight it was???”
That is a pretty key piece of missing data that gives folks pause about their explanation.
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:06:21 PM PST
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: NormsRevenge
Years later no one remembered the second Pearl Harbor..attacked on both the east and west coasts..no one was held to account..
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:07:10 PM PST
by
bkepley
To: BenLurkin
LOL.. good thing Rush got out of there when he did.. :-}
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:07:10 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
"...a billowing contrail seen streaking into the skies above Southern California was likely caused by an airliner" Plausible deniability.
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:07:43 PM PST
by
lonevoice
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meam)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/11/2010 12:09:58 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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