My night camera picked up what clearly looks like a very large missile launch from Whidbey Island. I really wanted more information before I shared this with the public. KOMO, KING and KIRO all contacted Whidbey NAS and the Department of Defense. They all said it didn’t come from them…. They said they don’t have the facility to launch large missiles. I ran this image by Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society and he said it was definitely not a meteor. It looked like a missile launch to him as well.

this is interesting... nothing on local news sites about it...

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somebody is knocking on my door, i brb

We'll miss you brother.

some guy in a big brown van, dropping off packages

Liembo said...

Alaska Flight 94 flew right over (the flight path literally crosses) Skunk Bay between 3:58 and 4:01am on June 10, the time of the timestamp of the exposure. A flight heading straight toward a camera with its landing lights on (as it would, descending toward Sea-tac) would leave a streak that could be interpreted as vertical, when in fact its really horizontal with relation to the camera. The cloud deck was illuminated by its lights as it emerged from them giving the impression of a plume.

Which is it: a rogue, unannounced missile launch from Whidbey with no NOTAM/TFRs, that took place at the same time Alaska Flight 94 was right over the area? Or is it Flight 94 itself captured on the camera?

You can see the track and times for yourself here: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... A/tracklog

And you can click the Google Earth link near the top and import the KML file into Google Earth and see the trajectory yourself and see the course relative to the area.

I am 95% certain this is ASA94, and about 5% margin of error toward ASA108 which arrived about 15 minutes later. (I don't know how accurate his timestamps are on his photos, I presume they're pretty accurate knowing Greg).

SkunkBayWeather said...

A couple of comments.
Yes it is a 20 second exposure, but if it was moving fast, it may only have been in field of view of the cam for a few seconds. My cam picks up meteors that would be going WAY faster and they are crystal clear images.

I know may cameras very well. I have been doing this a long time. I see planes every night. I can easily recognize their signature.... This is NOT a plane.

Others have accused this image of being photoshopped.... Trust me... My photo editing skills would not allow me to manipulate this image like that.... :)
June 11, 2018 at 10:52 AM
SkunkBayWeather said...

I just looked at the flight path of Alaska flight 94. It's too far West of this image. That is definitely not it....
June 11, 2018 at 10:59 AM