[meteorite-list] Not a missile -- a jet contrail

[Mark Bowling]

And in some of the footage I saw, it looked like flame was coming out at the 
source.  So while it looks like a contrail, that seems like an odd feature for 
one.  But maybe it's just an optical illusion because of the way it all lines 
up.  It could be that some fish are interested in exploring the oceans of Titan 
or Europa(?).

Mark B.
Vail, AZ



----- Original Message ----
From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
To: meteorite list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 7:01:30 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not a missile -- a jet contrail

I'm not so sure I agree with you Rob.

The original footage is here:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2010/11/09/pentagon-cant-explain-missile-off-california-coast/



The trail looks like many other rocket launches I've seen in twilight. Note the 
appearance is a vertical climb and then arcing over, down range.

Note too that there are no other contrails in the sky.

I certainly hope it is a contrail, but it looks very much like a submarine 
launched ballistic missile.


--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081


--- On Tue, 11/9/10, Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:

> From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Not a missile -- a jet contrail
> To: Impactika at aol.com, drtanuki at yahoo.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, 
>meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 6:31 PM
> Hi All,
> 
> We've seen this sort of thing before, folks. It's not a
> missile launch.
> It's
> just a sunlit contrail from an airliner flying toward (and
> to the right)
> of
> the camera. SLBMs are not launched so close to the
> California coastline,
> and certainly not without submitting a NOTAM.  --Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> On Behalf Of
> Impactika at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:23 PM
> To: drtanuki at yahoo.com;
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com;
> meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not a Meteor? California A
> LAunch?
> 
> In a message dated 11/9/2010 6:14:23 PM Mountain Standard
> Time,
> drtanuki at yahoo.com
> writes:
> http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-meteor-meteormeteo
> rite-news.html
> 
> Hope FOX News checked their sources!  Tokyo
> --------------------------------------------------------
>  
> 
> On AOL News:
> http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/mystery-missile-lights-up-los-
> angeles-skies/19709162?icid=main%7Cwelcome%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C183117
> 
> More reliable than Fox?
> 
> Anne M. Black
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