Mysterious Missle off the coast of LA.

sachilles wrote: Probably something went wrong at the mythbusters lab.

That was the first thing I thought of.

oldsaw wrote: Doesn't look like the "Aurora" contrail either:

Interesting. I would not describe that as "doughnuts on a rope" It is definitely a better photo than the ones I have seen before

"Cotton Balls on a String" is what "I heard" for the new airplane that doesn't exist. I also heard "pulse jet" and "external combustion." Fox has a pic of the con trail on foxnews.com.

You can't tell me that Vandyland doesn't have full digital backups of every bird and bug in the air around that base. Uh, back up the vid, doode. Yup, launched from right here.

Bet you it was posturing with a SLBM. When is the last time we let something like that off. The cold war.

This thing is wacky. Really, they don't know what it is? CBS just said they think it's an amateur rocket or a plane. Uh, a plane?

Woody wrote: I used to work with a guy who was into model rocketry. *Seriously* into it. As in, six foot tall, 5 inch diameter tubes. He needed to notify the FAA before a launch. It may have been a reckless hobbyist who failed to tell anyone about his plans.

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Derick Freese wrote: Italics tag end<~~~ Looks like someone forgot one of those or something.

I used to think that the all powerful combo of air force, FAA and various other secret ops had the entire sky under complete wraps. Like a lot of people here said, pictures of everything, radar recordings of everything. They've easily got the tech and they've got the laws to make it all legal.

And then a plane smashed into the Pentagon a few minutes after a couple of other planes smashed into two large towers. No strange looking next-gen fighter jets scrambled out of nowhere at breakneck speeds to intercept. No anti aircraft guns popped out of the ground. No mysterious, silent black helicopters flew over and decimated the errant crafts. It was then that I realized that instead of being an overbearing masterful group of shady folks taking over the planet slowly, our defense department(s) acting as a whole is just like a big dumb bozo that can't get out of its own way.

I have no doubt that the people asked have no idea what's going on. Even if it came from their own base, on schedule and according to plan. I doubt it was a missile, though, those things don't hang out long enough to get photographed, and from what I understand, don't typically leave trails.

Derick Freese wrote: Italics tag end<~~~ Looks like someone forgot one of those or something.

Seriously have no idea how that happened. No italics tags anywhere in my post. I deleted it and started again.

What scares me is the apparent lack of interest in it by the govt and armed forces. The fact that they "appear" to be so clueless and unconcerned says there's a lot they don't want us to know.

I think it's official and I've now become a conspiracy theorist.

914Driver wrote: I've been on Submarine ops in the Atlantic, generally we didn't do it so close to land. What are the odds a flight from NYC to Paris gets tagged if you launch close to JFK. I agree with Dave.

Didn't you get the memo? It was a short in the gas tank. Everyone who saw something else, please look at my pen

I wonder if its not one of those big ass model rockets..

Picked up elsewhere...
Detailed explanation of contrails.
http://uncinus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/4/#more-4

Dr. Hess wrote: I also heard "pulse jet" and "external combustion."

Pulse detonation wave to be precise

jrw1621 wrote: Picked up elsewhere... Detailed explanation of contrails. http://uncinus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/4/#more-4

I've seen exactly this before. Wife an I actually pulled over to try and figure it out. It looked like a rocket. Only after many minutes did we realize it was simply an airliner flying towards us.

Joey

Dr. Hess wrote: "Cotton Balls on a String" is what "I heard" for the new airplane that doesn't exist. I also heard "pulse jet" and "external combustion."

Woody wrote: It may have been a reckless hobbyist who failed to tell anyone about his plans.

• crackpot mad scientist invents a new form of propulsion
• nobody will listens to CMS' wild idea because he smells like a dirty microwave
• CMS says 'eff you guys' and builds a prototype
• 20 minutes after launch our clever crackpot is hired by the man

ansonivan wrote: - crackpot mad scientist invents a new form of propulsion - nobody will listens to CMS' wild idea because he smells like a dirty microwave - CMS says 'eff you guys' and builds a prototype - 20 minutes after launch our clever crackpot is made to quietly disappear by the man

FTFY.

Tifosi2k2 wrote: Anybody know if the Russians have launched any Typhoon class subs from the Polyarny inlet lately?

Typhoon class subs have enough food and supplies for 180 days.

ansonivan wrote: - crackpot mad scientist invents a new form of propulsion - nobody will listens to CMS' wild idea because he smells like a dirty microwave - CMS says 'eff you guys' and builds a prototype - 20 minutes after launch our clever crackpot is hired by the man

UT protype in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx1BBGAOwxo

[I'm not sure that the government would fund university research to develop something they already have. It is a heck of a cover story - "Nope, that's not us....we're working on it, but we don't have one yet" - but WAY too expensive to justify.]

jrw1621 wrote: Picked up elsewhere... Detailed explanation of contrails. http://uncinus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/4/#more-4

Thanks for posting this. Yeah, funny, it looks completely different to me now.

I will admit, I do not know if what I posted is the real answer or just the answer that The Man wants us to believe.

I've been to VandyLand and was lucky enough to witness a launch while there for an engineering conference at Cal Poly.

I've got a hard time believing the VandyLand ppl don't know what this is or where it came from.

it was a plane heading towards the camera.

http://contrailscience.com/