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RE: California Missile

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A startling act of accidental skywriting off the coast of Los Angeles Monday evening has become an aerial Rorschach test where every blogger and ideologue can spell out their own messages with the signs in the sky. The media bandwagon quickly picked up momentum about the stupid Pentagon not even knowing who launched a missile right in front of Los Angeles. For some it was proof of Pentagon waste, for others proof of inadequate missile defence budgets. Government conspiracy buffs from the "chemtrailers" to alien visitationers quickly hopped on the event.
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Mystery 'missile' likely a jet contrail, says expert

What appeared to be a rocket blasting into the skies off the southern California coast on Monday was probably just an approaching plane, a Harvard astronomer who tracks space launches says.
Around 5 pm local time on Monday, a KCBS news helicopter shot a video showing what appeared to be a missile launch above the Pacific Ocean. A Pentagon spokesman said that so far there is no explanation for the observation, according to the Associated Press.
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Mystery Missile Launch Southern California: FAA Says Object Wasn't Detected on Radars

More news about the mysterious 'missile launch' which occurred yesterday at approximately 5:00 PM, PST, 35 miles off the southern California coast near Los Angeles. According to the FAA, they didn't pick up the 'fast moving object' on their radars.
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A mysterious rocket or missile launch off the coast of California on 11-09-10 is reported on a Chinese news program.

Ed ~ it now seems likely that this was just an aeroplane vapour trail.

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Mystery Missile Launch Seen off Calif. Coast

A mysterious missile launch off the southern California coast was caught by CBS affiliate KCBS's cameras Monday night, and officials are staying tight-lipped over the nature of the projectile.
CBS station KFMB put in calls to the Navy and Air Force Monday night about the striking launch off the coast of Los Angeles, which was easily visible from the coast, but the military has said nothing about the launch.
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