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Pentagon Can't Explain "Missile" off California
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Posted on 11/09/2010 12:22:58 PM PST by tired1

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To: tired1

There’s an amateur rocketeer near LA who did not foresee what a kickass missile he built.


21 posted on 11/09/2010 12:31:05 PM PST by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes!Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -Ummrika is almost SmokFrei!)
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To: tired1

Must be a model rocket like the “things” observed flying upward at planes outside Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.


22 posted on 11/09/2010 12:31:26 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Hell, the CIA even made a computer video of how it happened.


23 posted on 11/09/2010 12:32:14 PM PST by tired1 (Federalize the Fed)
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To: tired1

Very curious, it’s a big missile with large contrail, no private toy.


24 posted on 11/09/2010 12:32:22 PM PST by moodyskeptic (Cultural warrior with a keyboard)
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To: tired1

It could be an amateur rocket launch. Not the Estes variety, the big 10 ft. variety of a serious hobbyist.


25 posted on 11/09/2010 12:32:22 PM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: ClearCase_guy
When TWA 800 went down (off Long Island) there were close to 100 eyewitnesses who saw a missile rise up from the sea and strike the plane, causing it to explain.

I hate it when my plane explains.

26 posted on 11/09/2010 12:32:34 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: tired1

I’m thinking it’s a show of force from China, as 0bama makes visits to India and Indonesia.


27 posted on 11/09/2010 12:32:41 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: tired1

it doesn’t seem to approach the outer atmosphere (unless the video is simply incomplete):

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/09/national/main7036716.shtml?source=related_story&tag=related

whatever it is, it’s sizable but not remotely like any ICBM or SLBM so far as I can see (but I’m no expert!)

Doesn’t seem impressive enough to be a “demonstration test” for Asian govts etc.

But why the mystery about who launched it and why?


28 posted on 11/09/2010 12:32:41 PM PST by Enchante (What if the Olberdork never returns to the air - would anyone notice? or care?)
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To: Retired Greyhound
If the US were nuked, does anyone believe that Obama would retaliate with nukes?

He's already indicated that nukes are off the table.

No president should be adamant in refusal to go to war. It comes with the job.

29 posted on 11/09/2010 12:33:05 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I don’t know a thing about missiles, but this seemed really big for a hand held one. Anyone?


30 posted on 11/09/2010 12:33:47 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: DannyTN

The planes in Spain explode mainly on the plains.


31 posted on 11/09/2010 12:34:26 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Brett66

that’s what I’m wondering about — it just doesn’t make sense for any kind of “official” test, and while it’s sizable it’s not any real ballistic intercontinental missile


32 posted on 11/09/2010 12:34:48 PM PST by Enchante (What if the Olberdork never returns to the air - would anyone notice? or care?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The families of victims of TWA800 spent over 20MM on a private investigation. Upon near conclusion of the report, the investigators resigned.
They’re kids and the children of victims were threatened with death by uniformed NSA thugs all over the NYC regoin in a two week period.
The report was copied and now sits offshore in secure locations.
Someday they hope to release it to the public.


33 posted on 11/09/2010 12:35:43 PM PST by JerseyHighlander (p.s. The word 'bloggers' is not in the freerepublic spellcheck dictionary?!)
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To: moodyskeptic

I believe ET is finally heading home.


34 posted on 11/09/2010 12:35:53 PM PST by edcoil (Today, we start fixing stupid.)
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To: brytlea
When we see evidence of a hand-held missile, we do not call it a hand-held missile -- we declare it to be a spark in a fuel tank.
When we see evidence of a much larger missile, we do not call it a launch by the Chinese navy -- we say we have no idea.
35 posted on 11/09/2010 12:36:44 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: tired1

Aliens leaving Cal before their taxes are raised.


36 posted on 11/09/2010 12:37:23 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: DannyTN
I hate it when my plane explains.

And I thought it never did explain!

37 posted on 11/09/2010 12:37:29 PM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: Enchante; Brett66

A hobby missle isn’t launched from 35 miles off-shore...


38 posted on 11/09/2010 12:38:52 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Enchante

definitely no bottle rocket


39 posted on 11/09/2010 12:39:07 PM PST by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Enchante

Personally I think it was a hobbyist rocket.
second guess would be a missile interceptor missile test, the prior publicly announced tests were either contrived successes, aborted launches, duds or failures to intercept.
Possibly some DoD types were not looking to have another “Missile Interceptor Program Fails Again” headline splashed across the media while the Republicans are politicking about cutting budgets.


40 posted on 11/09/2010 12:39:48 PM PST by JerseyHighlander (p.s. The word 'bloggers' is not in the freerepublic spellcheck dictionary?!)
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