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Thread ID: 113913 2010-11-09 14:51:00 Privateer Missile Launch? SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1151647 2010-11-10 03:28:00 BULLETIN: The US Department of Defense states it is 'swamp gas' and just an optical illusion. SurferJoe46 (51)
1151648 2010-11-10 04:03:00 Do you get swamps at sea then? Must be a purely American thing gary67 (56)
1151649 2010-11-10 04:19:00 The Vid's all over the TV here - and you can see the single burner in the back of what is obviously a rocket of some sort.

One 'scientist' said it's just a big plane take off from LAX. Yup - I'll buy that one! Uh huh.

If it's a privateer rocket - IT'S BIG! --- or WAS big.

Since it was climbing, the theory of it being a re-entry of some sort is also wrong.

There are a lot of missiles shot off from Vandenberg AFB (en.wikipedia.org)- just up the coast, and I've seen a great number of re-entries by the first and second stages all the time. They even try to time the launches at sunset so the sun lights them up really pretty.

Ya gotta get something for your tax dollars even if it's only fireworks! lol. The first one I ever saw was around X-Mas/1963 in Huntington Beach - right on the Pacific Ocean where there was a very unobstructed view. Awesome!

But this was CLIMBING, not falling, as this one too, was climbing.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1151650 2010-11-10 04:21:00 Do you get swamps at sea then? Must be a purely American thing

The Department Of Defense thinks so.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1151651 2010-11-10 05:46:00 1200 miles is that US miles or real Miles as in English miles?

They're the same..
paulw (1826)
1151652 2010-11-10 06:19:00 Gary67 may be referring to a nautical mile, which is 6,080 feet as opposed to 5,280 feet for a statute mile. WalOne (4202)
1151653 2010-11-10 06:27:00 Globe + SJ = Ironman + Loco Weed ..... reasonable explanation :D SP8's (9836)
1151654 2010-11-10 06:38:00 Probably John Carmack's latest rocket. (the guy behind Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein etc)

Wish he'd make some decent games again instead.
Paul.Cov (425)
1151655 2010-11-10 14:20:00 If you dig through history, there's all sorts of weird and freaky unexplained ****, like this ('en.wikipedia.org) (namely the trails captured by weather satellites). ubergeek85 (131)
1151656 2010-11-10 17:59:00 Blame Iran and bomb their nuclear power plants. prefect (6291)
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