Terry, There's some interesting information on this answers site
http://www.answers.com/topic/cruise-missile such as, "The missile, which flies at altitudes of about 50 ft (15 m), has a range of up to 2,000 mi (3,200 km). It uses internally stored computerized maps of its route to follow the contour of the terrain and also makes use of information from navigation satellites to adjust its course." and some interesting pictures from an Australian site which may confirm this particular sighting by comparison: http://www.ausairpower.net/TE-Cruise-Missiles-1985.html Louise > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:12:28 -0500 > From: tr...@sprynet.com > To: o...@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [ot_caving] Strange things caught on Google maps > > Had not thought of it as a Cruise missile, that could explain the darken > wings that I though might have been p-shopped to help "hide" the shape. > You can also see the shadow of it and the contrail on the clouds below > it and slightly to the north east. > I too do a lot of P-shopp as needed and there are a few areas that are > shopped out (in the name of National security maybe?). > Goggle does this a "lot" with there street view as requests come in to > remove identifying features of persons photographed. > > Terry H. > > On 7/21/2010 12:09 PM, Don Cooper wrote: > > Yep! It is not out of the realm of possibility that a satellite did > > accidentally photograph a cruise missile test! > > BTW - cruise missiles have small jet engines which generate contrails just > > like any other jet flying at high altitude. > > > > -WaVy > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Louise > > Power<power_lou...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Having lived near that area (I lived in Ely, NV) for almost fifteen years, > >> I can tell you that this area south of Delta, UT, is considered a prime > >> recovery for the Green River Missile Range. When the NSS Convention was in > >> White Salmon, Washington, many years ago, I drove up there with a friend > >> from Houston. We got turned away from a campground in that area because of > >> a > >> missile firing set for that night out of Green River. We had to camp about > >> twenty miles further up the road. > >> > >> Also, when I lived in Ely, several of our range cons spotted missiles > >> flying just above ridge height going toward Dugway Proving Grounds north of > >> the area you pointed out. When I was working out of Elko, NV, in 1979, we > >> were warned about not approaching ordinance we spotted in the field (that > >> district and the Ely District are adjacent to the western Utah state line). > >> They told us that the Airforce was always overshooting in that area and it > >> was considered a no-fly area for private and commercial aircraft. > >> Considering the number of military aircraft we saw in the area, it wouldn't > >> surprise me if that's stray missile which the military recovered later > >> (which is why it wasn't visible on subsequent pictures). > >> > >> And again with the Photoshop!!! Give the Photognomes a break! > >> > >> Louise > >> > >>> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:07:33 -0500 > >>> From: tr...@sprynet.com > >>> To: cavera...@aol.com > >>> CC: o...@texascavers.com > >>> Subject: Re: [ot_caving] Strange things caught on Google maps > >>> > >>> It is a jet with it's contrail showing, flying above the clouds that you > >>> can see when you zoom out a bit. > >>> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com >
