Missile launch from California coast?

Summary:

Came across an article in a Swedish newspaper earlier today and just thought if anyone knows anything about this

Missile launch from California coast?

RickardM 10 Nov 2010 17:12

Missile launch nov. 9th

I know they say that it was most likelly an ordinary jet-contrail, but I just want to know if anyone has heard anything else? My first thought was a private built rocket, like the one fired from Nevada a couple of years ago, but you would need a permission from the government to launch something like that, right?. It doesn't seem to be a contrail at least, since it shows a spiral pattern, which is something you could expect from several kinds of rocket (ICBM's especially). Any guesses?

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Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Missile launch from California coast?

emmylou 10 Nov 2010 18:08

This has actually been bugging me since last night.
I know i will not settle until it's been sorted.
Sometimes the weirdest things freak me out
:(

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Re: Missile launch from California coast?

RickardM 10 Nov 2010 18:32

I don't think that there is anything at all to worry about, I'm just curious why Pentagon don't know what it is. As I see it there are two alternatives; either it's a ICBM/private rocket or something like that or it's an ordinary jet contrail. I would assume that they know of rockets being launched (even private ones), as they say they didn't have anything scheduled for that day. If it's the latter, a contrail, it would be easy to get a timestamp on the video and see if there was any commercial or military jets that could have caused the contrails at that time.

That being said, I'm getting a bit tired of the constant contrail explanation, especially when the video shows a the tell-tale signs of a high altitude rocket (spiral contrail and quite regular path). Even though the object changes path at one or more occassions I don't think that is sufficient to rule out a rocket, the new generation of ICBM's and other rockets are quite capable of adjusting path in-flight so I think that there is still a quite a high possibility that the rocket scenario is correct.

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Facts are stubborn things.
- Ronald Reagan

Re: Missile launch from California coast?

emmylou 10 Nov 2010 19:04

Hey Rikard :)

Oh i am sure there is nothing to worry about either……I just have a very over active imagination sometimes lol one of my biggest downfalls i think :)

Hopefully it will be sorted soon :)

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

Re: Missile launch from California coast?

3WMElliott 11 Nov 2010 03:00

Reeeeading materials - including what we like to see, a challenge to the media to get it right:

Note to the media – since this was almost certainly Flight AWE808 from Hawaii to Phoenix, why not have a camera crew somewhere in the vicinity (does not need to be exact, or a chopper), at around 5-5:30 today (or rather, on Friday, as there was no flight on Wednesday or Thursday – check the schedule for AWE808 first), and if the weather is right you’ll see the same trail again. (or check the web cam)