Mystery Missile

[Blondie]

He's smarter than me? How do you know?

Because of the stupid stuff you keep saying. I hoped you'd have noticed that by now.

Such as?

He knows a lot more? How do you know?

He's NOT full of shit? How do you know?

Simple. I have several clearances and my job is classified. He's been checked out by the people that check me out.

Let's try again shall we?

He knows a lot more: About what? Everything? I doubt it, but please elaborate.

He's NOT full of shit: He hasn't said anything substantial in this thread so far, or even offered up anything I'd call criticism. He's erected a couple strawmen and misrepresented what I've written. So he's not full of shit, but he hasn't said anything here to prove it.

Uh-huh, and what level of education do you have? What level of education does he have? It doesn't take much to become a Commander.

Sounds to me like you're the one full of shit.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

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[Blondie]

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Yep, that sums you up. Now you know why I think you're lame.

[Blondie]

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Yep, that sums you up. Now you know why I think you're lame.

What happened to you man? I thought you were cool.

I've responded to every "criticism" here so no that doesn't sum me up. I think I've come to wrong place for argument with substance..

[Rob]

Appeal to authority fail.

An appeal to authority is only a logical fallacy when the appeal to said person is outside their area expertise.

[Blondie]

Yeah. I'm sure a commander has engineering, computer science, and mathematical expertise.

[Coito ergo sum]

Looked too slow to be a missile. Have they confirmed it was an airplane?

I think Michio Kaku nailed it...

[Blondie]

Hold on a second. Michio said it is changing direction, then later claims it is a commercial airliner. But if you look at the video the changes in direction are too rapid. Airliners do not 'wobble' their course like that.

"It's hard to disprove a negative.. blah blah blah.."

The interviewer raises a great point - if it is a contrail of a commercial jet we would know. We could identify exactly what plane it was, where it was going, where it came from, etc.. all that information is tracked very carefully these days.

Michio is making several assumptions, and waving away evidence contrary to his claims with silly things like "They need a better PR rep." and "It's hard to disprove a negative."

Meh.

[JimC]

I have a very hard time seeing it as a regular plane contrail, I must admit.

[Coito ergo sum]

But, the speed is the first thing I noticed.

Kaku's discussion of the trail as actually indicating an eastward trajectory is also well taken.

[Robert_S]

As much as the expansion at the far end of the contrail looks odd to me, I find it difficult to believe that if it looked like a missile from more angles than the one we see it from, that there wouldn't be tons of videos and pics all over the net.

[Ian]

He's smarter than me? How do you know?

Because of the stupid stuff you keep saying. I hoped you'd have noticed that by now.

Such as?

He knows a lot more? How do you know?

He's NOT full of shit? How do you know?

Simple. I have several clearances and my job is classified. He's been checked out by the people that check me out.

Let's try again shall we?

He knows a lot more: About what? Everything? I doubt it, but please elaborate.

He's NOT full of shit: He hasn't said anything substantial in this thread so far, or even offered up anything I'd call criticism. He's erected a couple strawmen and misrepresented what I've written. So he's not full of shit, but he hasn't said anything here to prove it.

Uh-huh, and what level of education do you have? What level of education does he have? It doesn't take much to become a Commander.

Sounds to me like you're the one full of shit.

I work for the Office of Naval Intelligence. My security clearance, I guarantee you, far exceeds yours.
ScienceRob is a former ballistic missile submarine sailor.
I'd say we've both got you beat cold in the "I know what I'm talking about" department!

It doesn't take much to become a commander, huh? And you know this how, exactly?
I guess my eleven years as a naval officer and a Masters degree in Strategic Intelligence doesn't compare to your understanding of applied math.

What good is your engineering background when you've got little more than a piece of video? You're applying conspiracy theories to things you don't have any experience in. You are completely full of fail, my friend - go work on your Critical Thinking skills.

Also: If you're defending yourself by not claiming it was not necessarily a US military thing, why did you start out by calling it "another bullshit DoD cover-up"?

[Azathoth]

You are winner Anthro. Have a prize

[Don't Panic]

I think Anthro should build one of these submerged launchers, pop a small payload on the missile and video himself launching it, then when he gets out of prison he can show us the tape and we'll compare it to the first one.