Unusual Sky Phenomenon Turns Out to be Missile Test off California Coast

 

Photo of the strange object as seen from the Eureka/Arcata Safety Corridor. [Image from Jason

The strange object as seen from the Eureka/Arcata Safety Corridor. [Crop of a photo from Jason Fausett]

Some people along the California coast were left puzzled and intrigued as they woke up to a strange object in the sky about 6:50 a.m. today. Reports came in from locations spanning from Hopland to the Safety Corridor between Eureka and Arcata, as residents spotted an unusual white “squiggle” suspended in the morning sky. However, it turns out that this enigmatic phenomenon was not a cloud at all but rather the aftermath of a U.S. missile flight test.

According to Jason Fausett who said he saw the object about 6:50 a.m., “[I]t was twirling as it flew and disappeared after less than a minute.”

Westley Drewry who saw the object at about the same time near Hopland told us, the object was in the sky “about 20-30 seconds…Took off made a crazy blue hue them instantly disappeared.”

Image of the object in the sky seen near Hopland.

Image of the object in the sky seen near Hopland. [Crop of a photo by Westley Drewry contrast added so it could be seen more clearly]

Vandenberg Space Force Base, located in Santa Barbara County, was the origin of the skyborn spectacle that captivated a number of our readers who were out and about at sunrise. At just after 6:30 a.m., Vandenberg Space Force Base hosted a crucial flight test for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, involving a Ground-based Interceptor missile. The test was part of a coordinated effort by Space Launch Delta 30, the Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.

According to Nooz Hawk, “[The] test is part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense element designed to protect against limited, long-range missile attacks from rogue nations…The GMD system includes interceptors sitting on alert at Vandenberg and in Alaska.”

What made this test particularly remarkable was the extent of its visibility. Witnesses reported that the missile’s flight path could be observed all the way into Humboldt County close to 600 miles away from Vandenberg.

 

 

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Me
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Me
2 years ago

They are contrails, right, Squirrel?

Doug
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Doug
2 years ago
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is anyone else a little freaked out by the fact that last week we learned a destroyer was off the coast when the coast guard had to rescue a crewmember, and now there are defense rockets being tested? i cannot help feel ww3 is coming for us. The Wall Street Journal reports the US is backing Israel’s clear genocide to try to stave it off, but that seems like more bad strategy.

Rich S.
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Rich S.
2 years ago
Reply to  Doug

Clear genocide to you, perhaps. Defense and self-preservation to most of us.

Stormy Staats
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Stormy Staats
2 years ago
Reply to  Rich S.

Not “most of us”. I’m one of many many Jews and non-Jews calling for an end to Israeli apartheid and genocide of Palestinians, people who see thru the nationalist white supremacist rhetoric. Not self defense. Not self-preservation. We are all made less safe Israelis, Palestinians, Americans, humanity as a whole.

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Ahuka of the Hashishim
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Ahuka of the Hashishim
2 years ago

“Have you seen the saucers?
For the earth mother?
Do you know there are people out there,
Tranquility base, there goes the neighborhood;
Who are unhappy with the way that we care,
American garbage dumped in space,
And no room left for brotherhood.
Have you seen our saucers?
You see our lights in your western skies,
California’s rainbow skies;
Your government tells you another missle is flying;
Have you any idea why they’re lying,
To you, to your faces!
Did they tell you?
Have you seen our saucers?
Her face was pretty but you let her go!
Your mother needs you now she’s getting old
Have you seen our saucers?
Star children on the black road to salvation;
You’ve got to care for the needs of your planet;
Children of the forest and child of the Woodstock nation;
Catch the dawn that once was there;
First born atomic generation;
Open the door,
Don’t you know that’s what it’s for?
Come on and join us,
On the other side of the sun.”
… Paul Kantner, 1969

Dogbiter
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Dogbiter
2 years ago

The airplane crashed many years ago!

Me
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Me
2 years ago

Blame it on joe biden. He did that!???

c u 2morrow
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2 years ago
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Joe I didn’t do it, you can’t prove it Biden

NoBody
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NoBody
2 years ago

At first I thought it was a bird … no, it’s a plane …

Festus Haggins
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Festus Haggins
2 years ago

Might have something to do with the Chyna cyber attacks on the U.S.A. today. https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/china
Quite a few links on Google for todays attacks.

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glen
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glen
2 years ago
Reply to  Festus Haggins

I feel safer.

North westCertain license plate out of thousands c
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North westCertain license plate out of thousands c
2 years ago
Reply to  Festus Haggins

?. Really?
Just like every nation on earth.
Including the USA spy on other countries. You sound like you just woke up

thetallone
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thetallone
2 years ago

Two fighter jets roared at low altitude through Northern Mendo 11 AM ish. I wonder if there is a connection. When the gov says something, you never know whether to believe them.

Country Joe
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2 years ago

I’ve seen these in the distance from the top of Tompkins Hill Rd.

Farmgurl
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Farmgurl
2 years ago

Do these discenegrate in the air or drop somewhere in the ocean? What ever happened to the entumbed vault holding 5 casks of nuclear spent fuel rods in the hillside next to King Salmon 44 feet above the ocean?