[meteorite-list] Missle or Aircraft Controversy Resolved?

[Ken Newton]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/10/blogger-solved-california-missile-mystery/?test=faces

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote:
> "If this was truly a ballistic missile, wouldn't it show up on the
> radars of every air-traffic control tower and weather doppler for
> hundreds of miles around?"...
>
> ...Unless of course the guv-ment 'urged' the radar folks to ignore some
> radar data. Maybe it was an accidental launch that would embarrass the
> powers in charge?...or a private company that decided to launch their
> Helium3 excavator to the moon without guv-ment approval?...
>
> Just a couple more thoughts to add to the fire...
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Missle or Aircraft Controversy Resolved?
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>
> Hi List,
>
> If this was truly a ballistic missile, wouldn't it show up on the
> radars of every air-traffic control tower and weather doppler for
> hundreds of miles around?  It doesn't seem like an epic investigation
> to reconcile the known air-traffic in the area at the time and any
> radar signatures that were detected.  A plane and a missile would have
> very different flight paths, so it should be relatively easy (for
> qualified persons) to determine what it is.
>
> Let's pretend this contrail was a bolide trail instead.  Where is the
> nearest doppler station?
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
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> On 11/10/10, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Those of us who insisted the subject trail was from a missle appear to
>> have
>> some heavy duty support.  This has just been released internationally.
>>
>> ----But Doug Richardson, the editor of Jane’s Missiles and Rockets,
>> examined
>> the video for the Times of London and said he was left with little doubt.
>>
>> "It’s a solid propellant missile," he told the Times. "You can tell from
>> the
>> efflux [smoke]."
>>
>> Richardson said it could have been a ballistic missile launched from a
>> submarine or an interceptor, the defensive anti-missile weapon used by
>> Navy
>> surface ships---
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Count Deiro
>> IMCA 3536
>>
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