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 <damoc...@yahoo.com> To: meteorite list <meteorite-list@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.mat...@saic.com> wrote: > From: Matson, Robert D. <robert.d.mat...@saic.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Not a missile -- a jet contrail > To: impact...@aol.com, drtan...@yahoo.com, > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, >meteor...@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-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] > On Behalf Of > impact...@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:23 PM > To: drtan...@yahoo.com; > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; > meteor...@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, > drtan...@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 > http://www.impactika.com/ > impact...@aol.com > President, I.M.C.A. Inc. > http://www.imca.cc/ > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
