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movingviolation
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Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 3294
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this is interesting... nothing on local news sites about it... https://skunkbayweather.blogspot.comQuote: 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.
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:00 pm |
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AR15L
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Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19467
Real Name: Rick
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movingviolation wrote: this is interesting... nothing on local news sites about it... https://skunkbayweather.blogspot.comQuote: 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. Pet your dog goodbye. Tell your family not to come home for a while. Finish your will. I'll be by later to pick up your guns.
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:05 pm |
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Massivedesign
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Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38309
Real Name: Dan
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weather balloon.. atmospheric gasses.. norther lights... timmy's toy model rocket....
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:14 pm |
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movingviolation
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Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 3294
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somebody is knocking on my door, i brb
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:25 pm |
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PMB
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movingviolation wrote: somebody is knocking on my door, i brb We'll miss you brother.
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:27 pm |
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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I used to be into model rocketry as a kid in the 70's. Never had one that looked like that!!!
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:27 pm |
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movingviolation
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Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 3294
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PMB wrote: movingviolation wrote: somebody is knocking on my door, i brb We'll miss you brother. some guy in a big brown van, dropping off packages
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:33 pm |
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Guns4Liberty
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Location: Lynnwood/Bothell Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2014 Posts: 8564
Real Name: Curtis
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movingviolation wrote: PMB wrote: movingviolation wrote: somebody is knocking on my door, i brb We'll miss you brother. some guy in a big brown van, dropping off packages Careful opening them.
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:35 pm |
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PMB
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Some of the potential explanations are pretty cool. Here's the best one to my way of thinking : Quote: 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).
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:46 pm |
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movingviolation
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Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 3294
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where are the wings? no wings in that close-up pic and if the light is from a descending plane wouldn't it be spread out at an angle wider further out instead of narrowing out like that?
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:54 pm |
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tannardog
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Location: Monroe Joined: Mon Jul 25, 2011 Posts: 1563
Real Name: Ty
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This has Iron-man written all over it.
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:55 pm |
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PMB
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Well, it sounded good. Quote: 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 SkunkBayWeather fellow seems to have good history and seems like a reliable witness. At the same time, there is always the possibility of Confirmation Bias.
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:57 pm |
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AR15L
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Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19467
Real Name: Rick
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Someone just testing their 4th of July fireworks.
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:59 pm |
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steveo_1704
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Location: Exit 63, I-5 Joined: Thu Nov 17, 2016 Posts: 252
Real Name: Steve
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a sub launched missile?
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:36 pm |
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Selador
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Location: Index Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 Posts: 12963
Real Name: Jeff
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Well, we'll know what the purpose of that missle was, and where it was headed when the computers and lights go ou
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Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:54 pm |
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