A Contrail.........

[Big Fish Billy]

Does anyone believe the Defense Department or FAAs assessment that the surface to air missile launch in CA is a contrail?

[Zummie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UAeS...layer_embedded

[Glenn W]

Zummie's lead may be right, but I'm leaning more to Jay Leno's theory that this was a result of Charlie Sheen overdosing on V I A G R A

[Hatterized]

1st it was Obama flying AirForceOne over New York City for a photo-op at taxpayers expense...

now this rogue unarmed missile launch with no destination is another Obama ordered project.....so he can say he fired a missile (well we know he is too chicken **** to fire it at the enemy)....hmmm wonder what the price tag of this was so he can add it to his half ass "i did it list"...

[islandshark633]

Does anyone believe the Defense Department or FAAs assessment that the surface to air missile launch in CA is a contrail?

Yes it is an ordinary aircraft contrail. I remember seeing the same phenomenon while on a ship off the west coast of Africa years ago, and in that case it was 2 contrails. As the aircraft comes towards you over the horizon it appears that the contrail originates from the ground but it does not, if you observe it for long enough you will see the aircraft pass over your head. On the ship we at first thought it was a space craft launch (2) together but a) who on the west coast of Africa can do that? and b) who does 2 launches together. Answer - nobody. Sure enough the 2 aircraft passed over our heads as we waited to see what it was. No biggie- sorry to bust the bubble of the conspiracy theorists.

You need to perfect weather and light conditions to occur together, like how the contrail stays visible to an extra long time and not just disappear as it usually does while still near the aircraft and you have to be directly in the path of the aircraft to observe it as it appears to originate from the ground.

Also think about the shuttle launch, with all that smoke it generates, the smoke clears pretty quick, it does not hang around for very long, a contrail on the other hand under the right conditions will be there for a long time as was the case off the coast of CA, the contrail lingered long enough for the aircraft to cover enough distance to give teh impression of the 'launch' whereas if it was exhaust smoke from a rocket it woould have dissipated quickly.

my $ 0.02

[neilinov]

They have an excuse for everything..........

[Captain Michael Buffington]

show of force as Obama visits Asia.

Mike

[Zummie]

Don't know why you all are still discussing this. The final indisputable answer to this issue is on the news here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UAeS...layer_embedded

[lowtide]

you know what I voted for.

Personaly, I believe it was a projectile shot from Hubris' rectum.