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    Unexplained Missile Launched Off LA

    (Nov. 9) -- An unexplained missile shot across the sky off the coast of Los Angeles and was caught on video by a CBS News traffic helicopter during Monday night's rush hour. Today, the missile is still a mystery. A Navy spokesman told CBS affiliate KFMB that it was not theirs, and so far the Pentagon has not been able to explain it either. The missile was reportedly about 35 miles west of L.A. and just north of Catalina Island.

    NBC's Pentagon correspondent, Jim Miklaszewski, reports that a missile launch would not have been planned so close to a major city, and at the very least, residents would have been warned a test was imminent. A senior Pentagon official told him, "This is bizarre."

    Watch the dramatic video below:

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    Missile launch off L.A. coast is mysteryby KTAR.com (November 9th, 2010 @ 10:05am)

    LOS ANGELES -- A missile launch off the southern California coast was captured by a television helicopter camera Monday evening and its origin remained a mystery Tuesday.

    Spokesmen for the Navy, Air Force, Defense Department and North American Aerospace Defense Command said they were looking into a video posted on the website of southern California television station KFMB.

    Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Tuesday that officials can't confirm that there was a launch and if there was, by whom. He says officials are talking to the Air Force, Navy and NORAD as well as civil authorities who control and monitor air space.

    KFMB showed video of the apparent missile to former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Robert Ellsworth, who is also a former Deputy Secretary of Defense.

    "It's spectacular… It takes people's breath away," said Ellsworth, calling the projectile, "a big missile."

    Ellsworth urged Americans to wait for definitive answers to come from the military.

    The images were captured by the KCBS news helicopter in Los Angeles around sunset Monday evening. The location of the missile was about 35 miles out to sea, west of Los Angeles and north of Catalina Island.

    A Navy spokesperson told KFMB it wasn't their missile. He said there was no Navy activity reported in the area Monday evening.

    On Friday night, Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, launched a Delta II rocket, carrying an Italian satellite into orbit, but a sergeant at the base told KFMB there had been no launches since then.

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    How did the helicopter happen to be there? Did anyone else see it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cico7 View Post
    How did the helicopter happen to be there? Did anyone else see it?
    I used to live right there on the coast, you can see Catalina Island from the mainland so I would imagine thousands of witnesses saw this.

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    From some of the news reports I've read, it seems the military is pretty blasé about it. You'd think an UNEXPLAINED missile launch would be cause of mass panic to homeland security. I tend to read the downplaying as a cover up. Either they really don't know what it is and they're trying to prevent a general panic by minimizing it. Or... they DO know what it is, but won't admit it.
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    I think if it is one of ours they should just say so, if it is not we have a serious problem with allowing anyone to get that close and launch a missle. If it was a terrorist they could have sent the missle into Los Angeles and and increased the property values in Arizona.

    Serioulsly I think we need to know who this missle belonged too.

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    Well if it went right instead of left, we would know who it belonged to!

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    Best case - a private individual into scale model rockets. those things go pretty high and fast
    Worst case - a failed attempt with a Stinger. not good
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeilSmith View Post
    Best case - a private individual into scale model rockets. those things go pretty high and fast
    Worst case - a failed attempt with a Stinger. not good
    Just watched video. Holy Cow !! Someone needs to come clean on that, it's big !
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeilSmith View Post
    Just watched video. Holy Cow !! Someone needs to come clean on that, it's big !
    My guess is it was from a sub!
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