You sure are. They come in packs of four.
Posted on 11/28/2005 4:49:25 AM PST by texianyankee
I heard on the radio this morning, that a pilot of a passenger jet departing LAX claimed to have narrowly avoided being hit by a missile. It was reported that the jet was about 6,000 feet in altitude & over the ocean when the event occurred. The news report further stated that authorities believe it was possibly a flare or a "bottle rocket."
I googled but found nothing. Anyone else have some info on this? I dont recall whether it was CBS or NBC radio news.
No, but I've fired lots and lots of the composite whistlers. They have three "stages"; one burns through, then the next, then the next. Since they don't separate, they aren't really stages. (according to a mythbusters show, anyways).
What, me call the radio station? LOL!
Those local yocals on the radio station in the morning are a bunch of idiots! I betcha they think LAX is a laxative.
So was I, and I heard the same report.
Do we know when this incident was? It is only 5:35 AM PT as of this writing. Do commercial planes take off that early out there? I know many major airports usually do not have flights before 5:30 AM.
I might have, if they hadn't said early on that they found PETN residue near the source of the explosion. The only way that electrical wires can leave PETN residue behind is if they were wired to an explosive.
I wonder why they would bother trying to shoot one down, which would be difficult, when they can easily just put a bomb in the cargo hold.
That said, if it was a missile the radio probably sent the report out by mistake and they have been told to shut up. Or, the other scenario, pilot did see a missile, and the media will be told "not terrorism" as they are always quick to say!!
I was thinking the same thing. Whatever happened with the airliner, I'm sure that we can preemptively rule out TROP.
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Thanks for your words of confidence. LOL.
I would just like to find some other info that sorta verifies what I heard.
I too, am doubtful I will hear another word mentioned about this.
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You would think so.
But then again, some speculate that it was a missile launched from one of our Navy ships in the area.
But then again, again, Kerry's comments specifically refer to this as a terrorist act.
My clue was this: I was glued to the tube all that day. The initial video that came out that 'explained' how the aircraft could have looked like a missile was labeled "Produced by the CIA". I saw that clearly, and I was rather surprised at how they could have come up with this video within 2 hours of the shootdown -- and why would the CIA be involved???!?
Later, when I saw the same video shown -- over and over -- it was labeled "Produced by the Federal Aviation Association".
Ya right.
I was concentrating on driving, but my ears picked up on the news report & that it happened out of LAX. I never caught what passenger jet it was - whether American, etc.
But I did hear 6,000 feet altitude, bottle rocket, flare and the pilot thought it was a near miss with a missile.
I believe the incident occurred late last night - not early this morning. The news stated "night time."
If this was a terrorist attempt to down a plane and it well could be, I am more puzzled than ever about their mental state. What exactly do they think they are going to accomplish with the downing of one plane? The downing of 10 or 20 planes would scare and cripple us for a while, a nuclear blast in the heart of any city would certainly give us pause, but one plane? Are they feeling irrelevant and they just want to remind us that they are still out there?
California firm set to launch rocket
The Associated Press
Article Published: 11/28/05, 2:55 am
A fledgling El Segundo, Calif., firm that hopes to revolutionize aerospace by sending satellites into orbit cheaply is scheduled to launch its first payload from a remote base in the Marshall Islands.
Initially slated for Friday, the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket was postponed to avoid conflicts with a missile defense test at the request of the U.S. Army, which owns the launch pad on Omelek Island in the Pacific, said a spokeswoman for the rocket maker, Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
The launch will be critical for Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has risked much of his fortune on the idea of developing reliable rockets that cost a fraction of the going rate for satellite launchers.
Musk has spent $100 million of his own money to develop the rocket.
Source: http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051128/BUSINESS/511280304/1003
One problem, the Marshall Islands are 5000 miles from LA.
Most bottle rockets are made in China. After Clinton gave China all our best technology in exchange for campaign dollars, the Chinese developed a three stage bottle rocket that does indeed reach altitudes between 5000 and 6000 feet. The are armed with a single cherry bomb but later models have been introduced with MIRVs that carry three Roman candles. Don't blame Bush, blame Clinton.
You sure are. They come in packs of four.
That's one explanation that I'm not buying. I was in the Navy, on a Destroyer. When a bird is launched, you can hear it throughout the ship. They make quite a roar when the candle is lit. It is very short, and very fast, but very noticeable. There is no way in the world that the entire ship's compliment is going to be silenced regarding a missile launch. Not plausible.
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