My wife just snagged a couple pictures of what she is confident was a missile launching about a half hour ago.... she believes it was in the vicinity of Golden, or between Golden and Boulder. Could it be something from the NREL Flatiron's campus?
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My wife just snagged a couple pictures of what she is confident was a missile launching about a half hour ago.... she believes it was in the vicinity of Golden, or between Golden and Boulder. Could it be something from the NREL Flatiron's campus?
Well where?s the picture?
sorry, Ray. It was slow ;)
Hope they had a waiver.
One way to check is to look up faa 'notams' & see if anything was scheduled.
Hmm. Definitely isn?t fireworks.
[Dunno] - agreed, definitely not fireworks or even a moderately sized hobby-rocket.... It was many miles southwest of her location, initially left under some other form of power and then engaged the engine at the altitude where the white smoke begins.
She could not hear anything.
Probably just sending some plane parts back where they belong.
Only notams for today are for a drone near Centenial airport and up in Wyoming.
^And the plot thickens.
Oh, probably just a recreational missle then.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
Private spy satellite launch.... just what we need.... another turbo-encabulator in space.
From the Contrail wikipedia page: A contrail from an airplane flying towards the observer can appear to be generated by an object moving vertically.
Looks like an every day regular old jet contrail to me.
Another vote for aliens, they were probly anal probing king polis.
Relax, it was this. .. Attachment 85174
Man. That brings back memories.Quote:
Originally Posted by kidicarus13
Looks like an airplane contrail to me...
ETA: If you enlarge the picture it looks to be from a 2-engined jet. It appears to me to be 2 distinct contrails from 2 engines.
Lizard people at the Denver airport.
One of the best toys ever.Quote:
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That's what they want you to believe.Quote:
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How come George hasn't been nominated for the presidency? He's already in contact with aliens....Quote:
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Ditto.....Quote:
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Yup, that looks like it would work to Probe our Gov.Quote:
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Maybe get that COVID rectal swab ball a rollin? as well.
I heard a rumor it was MAFFS 2: Hoser had a chili Mac MRE and they opened the rear ramp to let the farts out.
Wrong colorQuote:
Originally Posted by CS1983
Toy rocket= their launch velocity is much faster. Near instant like zoozooka, and start decelerate time goes by.
Real Rocket with payload= much slower initial (correct term, start) velocity, and will start accelerating.
I can appreciate humor, but according to my wife (the firsthand witness) it?s not that fun toy from when we were kids, nor a typical plane contrail...
The contrail began with a poof and the object was going vertical to the ground, reaching the clouds in just a few seconds(edit: more specifically, about 7-8 seconds). We actually do shoot off hobby rockets with our kids, so I tend to believe her.
Guess we?ll never know. And we?re not supposed to ;)
Oh and now she says the contrail was blown easterly by the wind and dissipated in the short time she watched it.
Here are two more pictures that were taken seconds apart and begin showing the object entering the clouds and the contrail moving/dissipating a little bit already.
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Not if there was a lot of sour cream on itQuote:
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Stick closer to church-oriented social activities. ;)Quote:
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Checked them thar not am's.Quote:
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All I got was pm
[Coffee]
From your account, I'd have figured a model rocket, although something substantially bigger than an Estes. A model rocket would fit the time profile you mentioned. The CRASH website indicates they had a launch day on Saturday, Feb 20, from Bear Creek Lake Park. The NCR website shows they had a launch day on Feb 6 near Briggsdale.
The contrail looks like it is coming off of the ground because the airplane was flying straight at the position where your wife observed it. The start of the contrail just means that the jet just hit a layer of cold enough air with the right humidity level to create a contrail, was likely ascending when it hit the layer.
Contrail
Or Aliens
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Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter
It was a lovely day @ C.R.A.S.H. with lots of attendees. Couple of H motors but nothing flew that was that smoky to that altitude on Saturday.
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If that is a model rocket sighting that would have required a large smoky motor in the L to M range imo. If it was as big of a rocket as described then there should have been a notam issued. Otherwise it would have been (probably) flown illegally.
Another option if its not a plane contrail - maybe there was a TARC project at a high school, though I believe they only use F size motors & don't require a waiver.
I don't have anything else to offer. Admittedly, the photo looks more like a contrail to me than a rocket/missile.
OK L Ron.Quote:
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