Strange trail in sky ( Missile Launch ??)

Ok this is my first time posting a thread so be easy. I was on my way to work this morning just got done stopping at the gas station when Iooked up in the sky by Millcreek Canyon and saw what appeared to be a missile or something along that line. I Served 3 years in the US Army so it look really similar to what I have seen. This happened in the Salt Lake Valley on the East Side. Dugway is to the west and south and Hill Airforce Base is to the North so there is no military instillation that I know of it could be coming from. I took video and pictures of it so please comment and let me know what you think it could be.

My Photobucket with the pictures on it
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Youtube
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Contrail of the century!

reply to post by Smurfgt801


Alto-Cirrus clouds.

LOL JK.

Cool pictures.

Why isn't this a plane?

reply to post by isitjustme


It could be I dunno. I'm always checking out the sky and I have never seen anything quite like this over the valley.. It was very out of place

Reminded me of this:

reply to post by boncho


Yes thanks for putting that video up because that was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw it lol

Nice catch and I'm glad you had the smarts to get pictures. It indeed looks like a missle launch, but I suppose it could be a contrail gone wild.........

Here's some of the pics I uploaded for you, hope that's cool.

Who says it is going up? It could be coming down... could it be a Metiorite

reply to post by highfreq


That's more than cool I really appreciate you embedding them
For me still new so don't know how

Definately appears to be a rocket. Have seen trails like that many times from researches launching small satelites out to inner space. This is nothing uncommon. May happen several times a month around the U.S.

Tooele army depot has an area north of route 80 on the west side of the great salt lake that looks like it may have launch capabilities. Strange area even if it is not the site of origin.


41° 3'29.25"N 112°55'20.54"W

reply to post by Smurfgt801


last night around 5:00p, i saw simluar in the skies over my area. I live in southwest texas about 3 miles from the mexican border and it came from mexico, I have photos of this but dont know how to get them from my computer to this site. like embedding I dont know how to do that,

reply to post by michael1983l


Looking at the picture, that's what I thought too. Sorry if I am being thick, but is that bright light the sun?

Rainbows
Jane

reply to post by lbndhr


I dunno either but upload to a photobucket and Then u can give the link.. It would be cool too see the pics

ok I opened a photobucket account, hope this works..
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here it is the streak I saw, when looking at the roof of the house remember mexico is about 3 miles away, this streak is comming from mexico

reply to post by lbndhr


Yeah that looks like the same thing a missile launch I think

reply to post by Smurfgt801


For anyone wondering if it was comming fromt he sky downward no, because I saw it as it left from mexico, the only reason I couldnt get pictures at the exact moment is because I was driving on a 2 lane bridge over a lake. There was no where to pull over, when I finally did get to pull over This was my vatage point and it was going up not down.