[meteorite-list] Missle or Aircraft Controversy Resolved?

From: mafer at imagineopals.com <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:56:20 +0000
Message-ID: <4ae3e7beb326f84c9fe09919f8a12ce3_at_>

even old missiles like the Nike left the launch rail at multi-mach
speeds...the chances of an ATC seeing it long enough to think it might be a
problem are slim since it would have been at a close to vertical climb. The
military would have been instructed to just ignore or watch it, depending
on their individual functions. Since it looks like it might have been off
Point Magoo, I'd suspect it was a Navy test shot.




On 8:48:30 pm 11/10/10 "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> If this was truly a ballistic missile, wouldn't it show up on the
> radars of every air-traffic control tower and weather doppler for
> hundreds of miles around? It doesn't seem like an epic investigation
> to reconcile the known air-traffic in the area at the time and any
> radar signatures that were detected. A plane and a missile would have
> very different flight paths, so it should be relatively easy (for
> qualified persons) to determine what it is.
>
> Let's pretend this contrail was a bolide trail instead. Where is the
> nearest doppler station?
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 11/10/10, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > Those of us who insisted the subject trail was from a missle
> > appear to have some heavy duty support. This has just been
> > released internationally.
> > ----But Doug Richardson, the editor of Janes Missiles and
> > Rockets, examined the video for the Times of London and said he
> > was left with little doubt.
> > "Its a solid propellant missile," he told the Times. "You can
> > tell from the efflux [smoke]."
> >
> > Richardson said it could have been a ballistic missile launched
> > from a submarine or an interceptor, the defensive anti-missile
> > weapon used by Navy surface ships---
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Count Deiro
> > IMCA 3536
> >
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