Experts: Mystery contrail was from Chinese missile

World Net Daily ^ | November 19, 2010 | Joseph Farah

[conservativegramma]

"The question that still must be answered is why NORAD's muted response was simply that North America was not threatened, and later our government approved the lame excuse that the picture recorded was simply an aircraft leaving a contrail," said retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jim Cash.

A former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and commander of an F-15 squadron and an F-16 wing, Cash was assigned to NORAD as an assistant director of operations at the Cheyenne Mountain complex near Colorado Springs, Colo., and is fully knowledgeable of NORAD procedures.

"There is absolutely no doubt that what was captured on video off the coast of California was a missile launch, was clearly observed by NORAD, assessed by a four-star general in minutes, and passed to the president immediately," he said.

[Uncle Miltie]

That is an incredibly provocative move by the Chinese, and indicative of the tremendously low opinion they have of 0bama personally.

[Paladin2]

And here I thought that this had been settled here at FR by dividing into two groups and avoiding reopening the issue.

[Tolsti2]

Oh lord, so who in NORAD is spilling the beans about what 4 star generals are doing? Or is that pure speculation?

Is there even an ‘unnamed source’ on this one? Maybe this Cash guy himself is in on it?

[yldstrk]

I am completely dumbfounded. For Obama to have directed such a limpwristed response to China threatening the US west coast with a missile from a nuclear submarine shows complete and utter incompetence and tomfoolery. For Obama to continue to spend the US into oblivion shows evil intent. The man must be stopped no matter what the cost.

[Cicero]

Well, I don’t always believe Joseph Farah. But I saw the video, and there was no doubt in my mind that it was a missile.

The original account made it clear that it came from the ocean miles from the coast or any island. Which pretty much means that it must have come from a submarine.

I seriously doubt whether an American sub would have fired it over U.S. territory. That would have been a huge political risk.

The likeliest explanation is exactly this. It was a Chinese sub, reminding Obama who is boss.

[Strk321]

You know the old saying: If three people know a secret, it’s not a secret.

[Tolsti2]

I demand we shoot every proven inbound UPS flight out of the sky. That should be a primary Republican platform.

[Danae]

PING.

Interesting..... lol

[Tolsti2]

The person interviewed that’s talking about 4 star general actions that are highly classified needs to be locked up. Now.

[randog]

Two governmental military experts with extensive experience working with missiles and computer security systems have examined the television video and conclude the mysterious contrail originating some 30 miles off the coast near Los Angeles did not come from a jet – but rather, they say the exhaust and the billowing plume emanated from a single source nozzle of a missile, probably made in China.

I have a friend that works as an engineer with a prominent SoCal defense firm. He asked their contrail expert about this. He says definitely a contrail.

[EternalVigilance]

Or is that pure speculation?

Yes, that's apparent from reading the article carefully.

Is there even an ‘unnamed source’ on this one?

No.

It's an irresponsible article from Farah, IMO.

[yldstrk]

troll

[Redcloak]

[Tolsti2]

Not a troll. This was a known UPS plane. If we’re going to shoot them down, then we need to. Maybe that’ll stop the nonsense of this contrail idiocy going on.

[conservativegramma]

I am completely dumbfounded. For Obama to have directed such a limpwristed response to China threatening the US west coast with a missile from a nuclear submarine shows complete and utter incompetence and tomfoolery.

Boy that statment just says it all don't it? 'Limpwristed response'.....'utter incompetence'....'tomfoolery'..

Yep, pretty much. Since this action fits our usurper in chief to the tee I don't doubt it for a minute that this story is probably the truth.

[EternalVigilance]

The original account made it clear that it came from the ocean miles from the coast or any island. Which pretty much means that it must have come from a submarine.

Aircraft flying from Asia fit that description to a tee.

Which is no surprise, since that's pretty obviously what this was.

[Hot Tabasco]

Just curious why there was no mention of the North Korean mini-sub that took out the BP drilling rig.......or so I’ve heard.

[Tolsti2]

Yep, next time I wish they’d shoot these MD-11’s down. That’s what people on here are demanding. At least if we did that we’d stop the conspiracy insanity.