silver missile flew over my head yesterday..

[TedTheLed]

I never saw anything like it before.
..and I don't see "ufos" --
a mirror like reflection of sun got my attention as it flew in from the SE over the Pacific, it started to curve to the West then fly up the coast from me..I thought I would see wings but as it turned it was just a tubular fuselage. I grabbed binocs and that clinched it; no wings, and fire coming out the end:
a missile.

There are missile tests all the time around here what with Edwards and Point Mugu base nearby, but they have always been way out over the ocean --

not this time. I called the police station, and they said no one else had called it in, and they had no info.

any one have any idea what it could have been??

:wow:

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Good grief! I hope it wasn't carrying an armed payload.

 

[nerdgineer]

Tomahawk test? Thise things have very small wings/tail surfaces and look like flying silver telephone poles. They used to run them on over ocean courses off Mugu (LONG over ocean courses) and they might also go over land to test terrain following. The engine is low signature and generates no visible flame.

 

[JonSidneyB]

According to Paul Harvey the Japanese got word that North Korea was going to launch a missle with no warhead at the USA just to prove to us that they can do it.

 

[Manzerick]

no boom... had to be a test LOL

 

[TedTheLed]

nerd, it seemed much bigger than a telephone pole, through the binocs at the time it seemed like it could be 30 to 50 feet, but could be smaller in reality..
But it absolutely did have flame out the back..so does that rule out Tomahawk?

The flight seemed to be guided..not a straight line, or a curve...

after I lost sight of it, I did just sit tight for a few minutes waiting for an explosion... after five minutes of quiet I felt assured it would be just another "no nukes" sort of day... oh hum.... oi vey.

 

[ABTOMAT]

It does sound a little odd. Cruise missiles have wings and jet engines. Un-winged rocket-powered missiles usually fly in straight lines and not low to the ground.

Did it have tailfins you could see?

50' long? Sounds like ICBM size. Don't think you'd see one of those tripping along the coast.

 

[Sub_Umbra]

Tomahawks are about 20 1/2" in diameter and 18 1/4' long.

 

[TedTheLed]

it was VERY odd. for a few seconds I thought it might be a movie prop, but the flames made it real. it didn't seem to be going extremely fast either, about the speed of a jetliner, coming in for a landing, say..

it could have had small tail fins, but I didn't see any...

could have been 35 meters long like the supposed Korean test missile; could have been launched yesterday the 23rd? --

"...24.05 / 21:04 SKorea has no info NKorea about to test-fire new missile
SEOUL. May 24, 2006. KAZINFORM - South Korea has no information about North Korea's preparations for test-firing a new long-range ballistic missile, but it closely follows the march of events, South Korean Defence Minister Yoon Kwang-ung said. "We are keeping a watchful eye on North Korea's work on developing missiles. We don't have any information about the site or date when the new ballistic missile may be tested," he said, Kazinform quotes Itar-Tass.

Earlier this week, the Japanese news agency Kyodo said with reference to a military source in Beijing North Korea this week may test-fire a new ballistic missile capable of reaching Alaska, Hawaii and the United States' west coast.

A western source in Beijing said Pyongyang had successfully tested the engine for the Taepodong-2 missile, believed to have a range of up to 6,000 kilometers.

According to the reports, a satellite intelligence detected preparations for the missile's launch near a missile test site in Cape Musudan, northeastern North Korea. A 35-meter-long missile was delivered there.

The U.S. has not confirmed this.

Military observers in Japan believe that growing activity in Cape Musudan are in retaliation for U.S. economic sanctions against North Korea and the ban on its financial transactions via a bank in Macao (Aomyn). .."

 

[JonSidneyB]

http://www.inform.kz/index.php?lang=eng&select=archive&section=world

 

[Cornkid]

Aurora?

-tom

 

[darkhanger18]

not even sure if it's possible, but could it have been a UAV??(umanned ariel vehical)

sorry i cant spell tonight, had a little trip to the dentist :lolsign:

 

[Flying Turtle]

Probably was just a weather balloon.

Geoff

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Probably was just a weather balloon.

Geoff

A weather balloon that was on fire... yeah, that's the ticket.

 

[JonSidneyB]

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http://agonist.org/20060515/satellite_images_show_more_activity_at_yongbyon

 

[Topper]

A weather balloon that was on fire... yeah, that's the ticket.

Hey it is a proven "good game plan"
abit old at this point but may be old enough to try it
ONE MORE TIME
Topper

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Seems that Norad would've been all over this by now, and it would've eventually been leaked to the media. Certainly there would've been a launch detection?

 

[JonSidneyB]

I doubt that it was the NK missile but if it was, I would bet they would try to keep this quiet to not alarm the public.

 

[maverick]

Yeah I see the same things sometimes, I don't live in the US though. Though I think it's probably because I was starring at my flashlight beams too much the previous night....

 

[powernoodle]

I suspect that McGizmo is involved.

cheers