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crimhead 
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Posted: November 12 2010 at 17:33 |
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: November 11 2010 at 14:00 |
 Henry Plainview wrote:
North Korean Aliens, obviously.
We are lucky enough to be in one of the few parallel universes where the Cold War did not destroy the earth, that is how we made it. |
Definitely North Korean aliens from another dimension of time and space. The twighlight zone perhaps.
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Blacksword
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Posted: November 11 2010 at 04:14 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Contrails? |
Condensation trails/vapour trails
Edited by Blacksword - November 11 2010 at 04:15
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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CCVP
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 18:56 |
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It is the sign of a new WW. I guess the Mayans were right after all.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 18:56 |
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Contrails?
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 18:55 |
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I saw a bunch of contrails in the sky driving home. I think we're all doomed.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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zappaholic
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 18:50 |
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It's a streetlight.
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Evolver
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 10:56 |
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manofmystery
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 10:52 |
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I'm pretty sure it was Christ on a bike
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Padraic
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 09:55 |
Garion81 wrote:
Ah the cold war turns hot. LA attacks San Francisco. |
Well, nothing stimulates an economy like a war.
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Dean
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 09:50 |
Silicone Valley vs. Silicon Valley 
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What?
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Garion81
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 09:40 |
Ah the cold war turns hot. LA attacks San Francisco.
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Padraic
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 08:51 |
Yes, the funny thing about all the discussion on this story was that people operated that it was a given that it was a missile, and then launched into wild conjecture (was it American? Chinese? who launched it, why, what was the political message intended, etc). Very few people bothered to ask if it could possibly not be a missile.
Consider a.) we put out notices (NOTAM) any time we need to conduct a test so as to restrict the local airspace, which we did not do, and b.) no other country is dumb enough to park a sub that close to our coast (possibly even in our territorial waters, since they were so close to Catalina Island) and fire unless for some reason they really want to start a war right there and then.
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Blacksword
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 07:39 |
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Ok, yes Deans probably right. It surely can't be possible to launch a missile off the coast of California, unauthorised, without defence systems going ape sh*t. Makes you wonder why they bothered reporting it.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 07:17 |
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Last I heard nothing blew up.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 06:23 |
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Ah that makes sense Dean
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 06:00 |
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^ Yep, I agree with Dean.
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Dean
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 05:54 |
It's a jet (vapour) contrail, not a rocket blast trail.
There are several clues to that point to this explanation - the colour, shape, speed, dispersal, lack of "fire" at the head...
It is common to see them looking like that this time of year (autumn, nothern hemisphere) around sunset.
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What?
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 04:51 |
North Korean Aliens, obviously.
We are lucky enough to be in one of the few parallel universes where the Cold War did not destroy the earth, that is how we made it.
Edited by Henry Plainview - November 10 2010 at 04:57
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Jim Garten
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 04:47 |
Weather balloon?
Atmospheric disturbance?
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