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United Press International:
"Hawaii UFO looked like a wayward missileFrom Honolulu Advertiser 08 16:
HILO, Hawaii, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- No one Thursday was claiming ownership of a tubular flying object that buzzed a Hawaii airport this week and looked a lot like a missile.
Officials at the Pohakuloa Training Area told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin that there were no military exercises involving missiles taking place when the object was spotted Tuesday over the Hilo Airport on the Big Island.
Witnesses told the newspaper the silver object was silver and emitted a vapor trail; however it had no apparent fins or markings on it.
One man told the newspaper, "The noise was super loud."
The object didn't seem to threaten any air traffic around the airport, the report said.
Hawaii officials said the FBI and Transportation Security Administration were looking into the matter.
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"It was only a simulation, but the death and destruction from the half-kiloton nuclear explosion were put in graphic and chilling terms.
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The mock disaster, . . . brought together about 15 federal, state and city agencies in what officials believe is the first "improvised nuclear device" test of its kind in the nation.
In this case, a homemade nuclear device arrived in a shipping container and exploded on the dock.
The crater alone from such an explosion — in this case at Pier 1 at Honolulu Harbor — would be 20 feet deep and have a radius of 220 feet, officials said.
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Officials said up to 1,000 people are participating in exercise 'A Kele, including first responders from the Honolulu fire and police departments, state Defense Department, FBI, Coast Guard, U.S. Pacific Command and The Queen's Medical Center.
Ed Teixeira, vice director of state Civil Defense, said the name of the exercise uses the Hawaiian words " 'a," for hot and fiery, and "kele," for impurity, signifying radiation.
The Homeland Security Council about two years ago developed 15 national planning scenarios, including simulating an "improvised nuclear device" explosion, to test security preparedness.
The federal Defense Department is paying about $1 million for the exercise through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in part for planning, travel and support, state Civil Defense spokesman Ray Lovell said.[...]
Lee said the simulation is "a very difficult exercise to pull off, but is one of the nation's top 15 priorities for the Department of Homeland Security
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