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To: Demosthenes
Probably the onboard Quasar System... but that's top secret hush-hush... so don't tell anyone...
;0)
To: Demosthenes
Not only that, but I took this photo from Burbank. My roommate called me from 40 miles away and said he was right under it when it happened, and he was scared sh--less. He said it looked like a slow moving firework that even exploded slowly, spreading this odd light everywhere. I watched, and it just hung there for a good long while.
To: Demosthenes
Seems common enough. Firings from facilities in and around Lompoc around sunset look like that. Nothing unusual, in other words.
To: Demosthenes
Its a solid fueled rocket launched from Vandenberg just like they have been doing for 25 years. I hope its a spy camera that can see Sadam sneaking those missles around at night.
To: Demosthenes
I saw that missile from Yuba City which is about 40 miles north of Sacramento. No doubt it was fired from Vandenburg AFB.
Pretty cool.
To: Demosthenes
A friend called me in Central California, she saw it too. By the time I got the call, it was gone. I have seen missiles from Vandenburg several times, it does last a good long time.
To: Demosthenes
Call Art Bell, buddy - use the wildcard line.
To: Demosthenes
Why did it not dissipate for ten minutes?
Low wind speed at altitude?
17 posted on
09/19/2002 8:19:37 PM PDT by
strela
To: Demosthenes
Smog has turned it into Silly String.
When it turns to cheese...wake me.
To: Sabertooth
To: Demosthenes
The sight literally stopped traffic.
To: Demosthenes
Nice pic! I used to live in Lompoc, oh, 30 years ago. I used to watch missles launch, even some that were destroyed shortly after launch. Then you could find neat stuff on the beach!
23 posted on
09/19/2002 8:21:31 PM PDT by
tje
To: Demosthenes
Is there an official time limit?
Shuttle launches here in Florida leave trails that last a long time.
24 posted on
09/19/2002 8:22:06 PM PDT by
piasa
To: Demosthenes
it's a tomdashle brain synapse gone horribly wrong
To: Demosthenes
I'm reading FReepers say that this sort of thing is common out there in California, but looking at the photo, I wonder how many folks "got right with Jesus" tonight...
To: Demosthenes
Could it be Aurora Borealis? A bit south, but not impossible.
To: Demosthenes
Kind of looks like Northern Lights like what we have in Alaska, only not nearly so pretty.
33 posted on
09/19/2002 8:27:04 PM PDT by
hosepipe
To: Demosthenes
Chemical composition with atmosphere ...?? I'm guessing here!
37 posted on
09/19/2002 8:29:33 PM PDT by
CyberAnt
To: Demosthenes
Several years ago at an office Christmas party sever of us stepped outside for a while. Suddenly we saw what looked like a large, slow moving meteor slow moving across the sky. Just as it got directly overhead it split into 5 ot six fingers of sparks. We were thinking it was the end of the world and those were MIRV's. It took about fifteen minutes for them to disapear at the horizon without mushroom clouds or bright flashes in the distance. When we went back into the party they wanted know what we were smokin' outside. Turns out it was a large Soviet satelite prematurely falling out of orbit. There are pictures on the web somewhere.
38 posted on
09/19/2002 8:29:35 PM PDT by
AdA$tra
To: Demosthenes
smackaho.com?
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