Experts: Mystery contrail was from Chinese missile

[Perrone]

I'm 12 years old, what is this?

Get outta here kid, go play with your supersoaker.

 

[elcaBob]

Tin doesn't rust.

See, I KNEW someone would say that!!!! This is what I get for being on a board with a whole crapload of people who know what the hell they're talking about.

Geez.. couldn't you guys be idiots like me for a while?

 

[dennishoddy]

NEWS BREAK!
Missile launch from Oklahoma in retalation for Chinese launch off of our coast!!
Its clearly evident this is a Missile launch, verified by the "correction" made just after launch.
Its clearly seen this missile is going straight up!
Anybody hear a news report on this?????

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[ronny]

That's funny! I've been looking for one of these out of the West. See them every once in a while at sundown, but that's not the common flight pattern around here. Sure looks familiar.

 

[KillShot]

NEWS BREAK!
Missile launch from Oklahoma in retalation for Chinese launch off of our coast!!
Its clearly evident this is a Missile launch, verified by the "correction" made just after launch.
Its clearly seen this missile is going straight up!
Anybody hear a news report on this?????

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Looks nowhere near the same, but keep trying.

 

[ronny]

Actually, it's not up to dennishoddy to prove anything. He just posted a photo very much like the one in question. Had it been taken with a dying sun at it's back, it would have been more so.

 

[KillShot]

Actually, it's not up to dennishoddy to prove anything. He just posted a photo very much like the one in question. Had it been taken with a dying sun at it's back, it would have been more so.

True enough, but I digress. Everyone has their own theory as to what it is, was, or might've been. It's been both interesting and entertaining to read everyone's thoughts and spin on the situation.

 

[ronny]

The only real problem is - we'll never know for sure. Even if there were some kind of proof, some wouldn't accept it. Ain't America great!

 

[LightningCrash]

omg another

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[LightningCrash]

I guess all I'm saying is that, if it were all that common (contrails that look like that), we wouldn't even be talking about this. How does this make the news if planes are out there doing this everyday?

BTW People got excited in 2009 over a contrail that also turned out to perfectly match a known flight.
http://contrailscience.com/a-problem-of-perspective-in-the-oc-new-years-eve-contrail/