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Smoke plume off Calif. coast possibly aircraft
Washington Times ^ | 11/09/10 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 11/09/2010 2:25:47 PM PST by jimbo123

A mysterious smoke plume that looked like a missile firing off the California coast on Monday may have been an aircraft and not a missile, U.S. military officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alaskaairlines225; californiamissile; contrail; mysterymissile; tinfoilbrigade
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To: Velveeta

“35 miles from shore”

BINGO!


121 posted on 11/09/2010 4:33:54 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks
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To: jimbo123

I don’t think so. More like Pentagon playing games with Captain Zero.


122 posted on 11/09/2010 4:41:12 PM PST by hflynn (The One has been reduced to the Zero)
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To: mlo
W537 is the area over the ocean where the missile was seen.


No, W-537 is way off from the so-called launch site.

It is at Santa Barbara and goes WSW. This chart shows it -

http://skyvector.com/?ll=34.113740853078696,-120.17050875990273&chart=24&zoom=5&plan=A.K2.57AZ:G.32.45502956073593,-111.17041971703145:A.K2.KCGZ

The launch point was labeled as just North of Santa Catalina island.

123 posted on 11/09/2010 4:47:33 PM PST by az_gila
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To: RadioCirca1970

Oh please, NO!


124 posted on 11/09/2010 5:06:08 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: reagan_fanatic

and has a solid rocket engine.


125 posted on 11/09/2010 5:07:39 PM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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To: Moose4
So basically, they’re shutting down a section of airspace from 12:00 to 17:00 local yesterday.

Incorrect. If the information you posted is accurate, airspace would have been restricted for a period of 29 hours commencing at 1200 PDT on 9 November 2010; today, and ending at 1700 PDT on 10 November 2010, tomorrow.

126 posted on 11/09/2010 5:18:04 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Not so—remember that Pacific Standard Time is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, so 0100 on the 10th GMT is actually 5:00 pm (1700) on the 9th PST. The dates and times are all keyed off GMT. In any case, as was pointed out upthread, this NOTAM is for today, not yesterday when the contrail popped up, so it’s kind of a moot point.

}:-)4


128 posted on 11/09/2010 5:25:16 PM PST by Moose4 ("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
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To: Doc Savage

“Remind me NEVER to fly with you. How do you file your flight plans,...transcendentally?”

Not getting your point.

Where am I off here?


129 posted on 11/09/2010 5:32:29 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: surfer

When I finally saw the video I thought it looked a bit slow for a rocket.

Again, I’ve spent plenty of time piloting aircraft and make a point to observe Vandenberg launches. I’ve spent more time then the average Southern Californian with eyes skyward trust me. And I’ve done my share of backyard astronomy as well. Observing weather too is something all pilots do.

I am confident this is a contrail illusion at this point, seen from a specific area. I’m not hearing of rocket launch observations from elsewhere at this point which should occur.


130 posted on 11/09/2010 5:37:53 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: Moose4

My mistake. Time to stop multitasking for today.


131 posted on 11/09/2010 5:45:11 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

It wasn’t an ICBM. The trajectory is wrong. It was a conventional short range missile.


132 posted on 11/09/2010 6:36:50 PM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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To: MontaniSemperLiberi

US Airways flight 808 from Hawaii to Phoenix

Look at this and it’s pretty obvious what was going on...

http://uncinus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/4/#more-440


133 posted on 11/09/2010 8:48:13 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: linear

Some postulating this flight as culprit...

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE808/history/20101108/1955Z/PHNL/KPHX


134 posted on 11/09/2010 8:51:54 PM PST by kanawa (Obama - "The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.")
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To: Names Ash Housewares

I have reviewed all of the video that I could find and I am convinced this video shows a plume from a solid fuel even taking into account the location of the sun, etc...this looks like a rocket or missile launch to me.

I don’t buy the airliner “cover”.

It wouldn’t take this long to come up the answer if it were a commercial aircraft.

This whole story is being swept under the rug.


135 posted on 11/10/2010 11:51:17 AM PST by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: surfer

“This whole story is being swept under the rug.”

Nah. Airliner.
Pretty obvious to me.


136 posted on 11/10/2010 11:55:15 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: First Authority
would have been at a much higher altitude

Are aircraft we see on the horizon flying at an altitude of 3"?

137 posted on 11/10/2010 12:11:39 PM PST by IamConservative (Our collective common sense; the only thing a 1.5GPF toilet ever flushed on the first pull.)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

I heard today they are really trying to pass that off as airliner contrails -


138 posted on 11/10/2010 2:50:15 PM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: Names Ash Housewares

I’ve forgotten more about contrails than anyone a that website has ever known. It was a short range solid rocket.


140 posted on 11/10/2010 4:20:56 PM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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