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Possible alternative explanation: http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-los-angeles/missile-launch-over-southern-california-explained http://www.examiner.com/weat
by vietor 16y ago
Possible alternative explanation:
http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-los-angeles/missile-launch-over-southern-california-explained http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-los-angeles/missile-launc...
Fits with your point about the DoD being all kinds of crazy if they suspected it was an actual event they had no hand in.
As usual the low quality of video and unreliability of eye-witnesses are going to make this way more crazy than it needs to be, regardless of the actual eventual outcome.
EDIT: A better explanation with historical pictures: http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/thinking-tech/the-mysterious-california-missile-launch-that-wasnt/5646/ http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/thinking-tech/the...
- tibbon 16y agoSurely the FAA could verify if there was a flight taking off in that trajectory right?
- vietor 16y agoI would hope that the retain sufficient records to do so, and expect that they will. Whether that will get news coverage is a separate question... And I'm sure that, regardless, some fraction will insist that it's a cover-up and continue to talk about it for the next decade.
- roedog 16y agoA contrail webpage with the "jet contrail looks like missile if you look at it from one angle" theory. http://uncinus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/4/ http://uncinus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/4/