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Originally posted by Chadwickus
It doesn't start at the ground.
Your eyes are fooling you.
The contrail starts well beyond the horizon, the curvature of the earth makes it appear to come from the ground (or water)
Originally posted by pearcester
Just looked on sky news and read this about them missles people have been talking about.
news.sky.com...
Experts believe the mystery missile fired off the Californian coast on Monday may have been an optical illusion.
Originally posted by pearcester
Just looked on sky news and read this about them missles people have been talking about.
news.sky.com...
Experts believe the mystery missile fired off the Californian coast on Monday may have been an optical illusion.
Originally posted by Chadwickus
reply to post by MurrayTORONTO
Seriously? I know what you're trying to hint at, but when have you seen a plane taking off that looks like a rocket? Please share a vid.
It doesn't start at the ground.
Your eyes are fooling you.
The contrail starts well beyond the horizon, the curvature of the earth makes it appear to come from the ground (or water)
Originally posted by Chadwickus
reply to post by MurrayTORONTO
Well I don't believe it came from there.
I got the impression it came from Honolulu.
flightaware.com...
Well then it was swamp gas! no,no it was a balloon!!
Originally posted by VreemdeVlieendeVoorwep
reply to post by pearcester
So this is the story the media will run now??
Totally ridiculous. Now the Media is telling people, they saw an optical illusion, you might have hallucinated.
This is the most RIDICULOUS explanation i have ever heard.
Do they seriously want us to buy this BS??
All I can do is laugh at the ridiculousness of it all
Vvv
Originally posted by MurrayTORONTO
Hahahah.. "appears to alter its course" ... So I guess every shuttle launch mission from Cape Canaveral is an illusion as well? It looks strikingly similar to that.. and please, when is the last time you saw a plane with contrails bigger than the plane (not counting stunt planes)? Only after they've been sitting in the sky for a bit.
I think skynews got a call from mr pentagon with this sad excuse for an explanation.
Optical illusion?!!? I know what they mean with the whole plane coming towards the camera and such.. but there was even the chopper pilot who filmed it was interviewed.. This is clearly headed upwards:
Personally though I believe it wasn't the US that did this. Imagine for a second that it was some russian sub that launched it. Do you think the pentagon would tell you that? No, they wouldn't. Everyone would be scared to death, grab their guns and board up their houses in fear. They don't want to scare people (at least not in this way ;p).
Even this summer, russian bombers were over restricted airspace in northern Canada. I have a relative who was doing infantry reserve training up there when that happened, and shortly after I was able to speak to him about it at a wedding. Being military you think he'd have some explanation that he heard through the ranks... but no. Himself and every single soldier or high ranking officer there were all wondering what the F was going on.edit on 11-11-2010 by MurrayTORONTO because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Oneolddude
The joke is that a whole world of ignorant people can not believe it was a military jet that had taken off from a island Navy airfield at near sunset and its contrail was videotaped.
Because THAT's what it was.
People will believe what ever they want to,because the obvious is just that.
San Nicholas ISLAND outlying airfield.
Google it.
I have been there many times.
Nobody ON THE GROUND saw this .
Only one dweeb with a camera in a helicopter.edit on 11-11-2010 by Oneolddude because: added
The most likely flight is US Aiways flight 808 from Hawaii to Phoenix.