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Old 11-11-2010, 10:36 AM   #31
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Well for those of you who've seen an airliner come over the horizon straight towards you, it DOES kind of look like a rocket taking off.

I would also like to know, if it was really a missile, why was it moving so slow? If you say that's only because it was so far away, well the further it is away, the more people would have seen it, and the mystery would have been solved.
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Old 11-11-2010, 10:56 AM   #32
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I think this guy has it right.....

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Old 11-11-2010, 11:08 AM   #33
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He sounds logical. I'll go with this...
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Hard to tell direction, based on the pictures, but the "launch" appears to be close to vertical and there's a kink in the path, reminiscent of a targeting redirect. Looks very missile-like. Besides, where's the fun in it being a plane?
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Old 11-11-2010, 12:27 PM   #35
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The news video also seems to show a bright spot at the tip, which a plane isn't going to have, unless it's just a reflection off its fusalage.

Where's pauldun, our resident "aviation expert"?
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Old 11-11-2010, 05:39 PM   #36
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The news video also seems to show a bright spot at the tip, which a plane isn't going to have, unless it's just a reflection off its fusalage.

Where's pauldun, our resident "aviation expert"?


Sorry, I was downloading porn.
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Old 11-11-2010, 07:04 PM   #38
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If there's an excuse to have, it's that one
Buddy of mine on active duty no call no showed one day, awol for four hours and in massive shit when he did show up, until the story came out that he went home with two girls who had him tied up most of the night
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Buddy of mine on active duty no call no showed one day, awol for four hours and in massive shit when he did show up, until the story came out that he went home with two girls who had him tied up most of the night
Did they award him a medal after that?
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Buddy of mine on active duty no call no showed one day, awol for four hours and in massive shit when he did show up, until the story came out that he went home with two girls who had him tied up most of the night

Did it turn into one of those "I'm gonna punish you publicly, with a nod and a wink, but pat you on the pat privately" kind of deals?
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