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Originally posted by DocEmrick
The spiral looks nothing like a Russian Rocket. It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, honestly. Whoever first saw that spiral and said "RUSSIAN ROCKET?" Jeez.
Originally posted by fleabit
Why is a spiral exhaust plume from a rocket so hard to comprehend for some folks? Moving at a constant speed and spinning at a constant rate, I would think it would would LIKELY to create a perfect spiral.
And while it may not be convenient for some to admit, the trail leading up to that anomaly looks *exactly* like the resulting trail left by fired rockets, there are many examples.
Originally posted by nunya13
Well, I'm on the side of the "rocket believers" now. Sorry...
Especially after reading this (but also looked at a lot more than this). I know it's not the best source but the explanation perfectly satisfies me. It even explains the blue.
Norway Spiral: A Rocket Scientist Explains the Mystery
[edit on 11-12-2009 by nunya13]
Originally posted by chris_stibrany
looks like a russian rocket to me.
Originally posted by OpTiMuS_PrImE
Originally posted by chris_stibrany
looks like a russian rocket to me.
why do you say that? because the MSM told you it was so? Show me another rocket in all the videos of recorded launches that has done this please and i might agree, but not till then
Originally posted by killartofu
reply to post by chris_stibrany
.....how the hell would a rocket make a vortex looking hole in the sky. ive see a rocket malfunction white smoke and a big RED/Yellow Fire ball. not blue not a circle that collapse in on itself just a big red fire ball, i mean freaking watch the video that thing is perfect spiral circle that falls in on itself rockets are so primitive how the hell would a bomb make something so perfect .
[edit on 11-12-2009 by killartofu]
Originally posted by Aggie Man
Originally posted by OpTiMuS_PrImE
Originally posted by chris_stibrany
looks like a russian rocket to me.
why do you say that? because the MSM told you it was so? Show me another rocket in all the videos of recorded launches that has done this please and i might agree, but not till then
Keep in mind that this was a FAILED missile launch...so simply showing what a TYPICAL launch looks like would not produce the same result. Now, with that being said, I have seen a number of vids over the years that show a spiral that looks similar.
Originally posted by Aggie Man
Originally posted by DocEmrick
The spiral looks nothing like a Russian Rocket. It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, honestly. Whoever first saw that spiral and said "RUSSIAN ROCKET?" Jeez.
It wasn't a rocket moving upward, it was a spent booster falling back to the surface of the planet. As it falls, it is not aerodynamic in it's movement and due to it's elongated shape, along with jet streams, caused it to fall in a spiraling motion.
Originally posted by nunya13
Smoke dissipates outward. Once the smoke stops and continues to dissipate, it will create a void in the center that moves outward until the smoke has completely dissipated.
If the smoke is light in color and the sky is dark then it will look like black hole/void in the center as the smoke "disapears" from the center and moves outward.
That looks too fast to be due to an exhaust plume dissipating. If it happened close after sunset or if the spiral was at a very high altitude it could be due to the shadow of the earth sweeping across a cone shaped spiral if the point of the spiral was lower than the wide end. The shadow moves around 2000 miles per hour so it could cross a pretty large distance in a few seconds.