[Brian Kopp DPM]

Uh oh, Rick Warren just sent me an email noting he uploaded two more contrails, photographed yesterday (click on the photos to see a larger version):

[aruanan]

Man, that’s one busy Chinese sub, huh?

[TXnMA]

Thanks! Beautiful sunset!

TWO more?!? Can you share the URL where he uploaded them? Too bad he isn't a bit farther south...

[TXnMA]

BTW, Brian, I hope you noticed that your thread long ago passed the coveted “500 responses” mark... ‘-)

[ex 98C MI Dude]

The same type weather pattern (cold/wet) moved into the area yesterday that had been prevalent during the first ‘mystery missile’.

Lo and behold, a similar contrail appears, around the same general time/area/flight path. Coincidence?

Or have the Chinese now created a hover-submarine?

[TXnMA]

I used "difference-mode transparency" (plus a 150% re-scaling of the smaller one) to align & composite Rick's latest two images. Then I applied a bit of quick pixel-level quantitative analysis (at the larger photo's resolution) to the composite. It has several features of interest:

http://www.microlith.com/CONtrail/RWDecComp-1.jpg

1. That little "high-wing puddle-jumper" crossing the FOV (Field Of View) provides a dramatic illustraion of the effect of distance/perspective on apparent angular velocity: The "Hi-wing's" apparent AV across the FOV is 16X that of the contrail maker.

2. From the perspective in these frames, the contrail-maker ("CMO") almost seems to be "losing ground" -- as far as progress toward the coast goes. Obviously, that jet is not actually "crawling" WRT the light plane...

3. In the first shot, the CMO exhibits the same "exhaust flame" reflection seen in a few frames of the CBS hoax video. (See 3X "lens" circle at right...)

4. In the second shot, the CMO may be right at the point of "separation from" the long contrail (see "lens")...

5. There seems to ba a strong wind to the south -- at altitude -- as in the 08NOV incident. Does that mean that similar "cold front" conditions were in effect? (If so, it would seem that we have a useful predictor as to when the next similar event might occur...)

I have no doubt that significantly more information can be extracted from Rick's "Raw" photos. (Please pass this post along to Rick. I hope we can get together to collaborate on the analysis...)

[Rokke]

That is so obviously a missile. Just look at how the sunlight reflects off the spiraling smoke trail as the missile flies west toward its North Korean motherland. But it wasn't launched by a sub, because it doesn't start on the horizon. I think it was dropped out of the back of a transport plane. Or maybe a chinook helicopter. /sarcasm off