Was that an earthquake, or an ordinary sonic boom, that rattled Southern California on Wednesday afternoon — or was it the return of Aurora, the nation’s long-rumored, never-confirmed, some-say-mythological super-secret, super-fast spy plane?
Whew. Steady now, X-Files folks.
Nope, said famed Caltech seismologist Kate Hutton. No earthquakes were reported in the area during that time. “It’s not an earthquake. It’s probably an offshore sonic boom,” Hutton said.
Correct, said the Navy, which confirmed that an aircraft flew faster than the speed of sound as part of an exercise with the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan about 50 miles off the coast.
Not so fast, said Malibu’s Conner, sticking to his quake story: “I’ve been around air force bases. I know what sonic booms are. There was no boom either,” Conner said.
Which is where I come in, me and my theory: Call it “the Aurora Anomaly” (I don’t know why, it just sounds cool).
READ THE REST HERE:
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-aurora-spy-plane-sonic-boom-southern-california-20140409,0,1377864.story#ixzz2ynImnMw2
3 comments:
Hey Steve!
Why is the article in the link dated "Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:32 CST"??
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This would seem an opportune time (given world developments) to have cameras at the ready to photograph things in the sky whether they're known or not. Just to be prepared. Maybe even get one of those teleconverter deals for a dslr. You lose F-stops but in the right conditions it doubles your lens power. Might be worth it when something interesting flies over. Sure seems like something interesting is going on up there.
I got in to scanning because of what I read on your blog. But I am worried about all these sightings. If they are at home and parked, world calm. If they are airborne in orbits about CONUS, maybe the alert level has been raised a little due to Putin and his endevours. Just a thought.
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