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"Mysterious Missile Launch" Yesterday Was US Airways Flight 808 (reddit.com)
4 points by positr0n on Nov 12, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Hmm, all those different stories.. this is the thing I saw passing by @ Urbansurvival.com

Wednesday November 10, 2010

Missile Firing Solved?

The reader who sent in the link to the Notices ot Mariners Report found this entry which may explain the missile launch

earlier this week from SoCal waters near Catalina Island. Check this out from Page 55 of the current Notice to Mariners report ( http://164.214.12.45/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/UNT... ):

    "434/10(18).
    EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
    CALIFORNIA.
    MISSILES.
    1. INTERMITTENT MISSILE FIRING OPERATIONS 0001Z TO 2359Z
    DAILY MONDAY THRU SUNDAY IN THE NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
    SEA RANGE. THE MAJORITY OF MISSILE FIRINGS TAKE PLACE
    1400Z TO 2359Z AND 0001Z TO 0200Z DAILY MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
    IN AREA BOUND BY
    34-02N 119-04W, 33-52N 119-06W, 33-29N 118-37W,
    33-20N 118-37W, 32-11N 120-16W, 31-54N 121-35W,
    35-09N 123-39W, 35-29N 123-00W, 35-57N 121-32W,
    34-04N 119-04W.
    2. VESSELS MAY BE REQUESTED TO ALTER COURSE WITHIN THE ABOVE
    AREA DUE TO FIRING OPERATIONS AND ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT
    PLEAD CONTROL ON 5081.5 MHZ (5080 KHZ) OR 3238.5 KHZ (3237 KHZ)
    SECONDARY OR 156.8 MHZ (CH 16) OR 127.55 MHZ BEFORE ENTERING
    THE ABOVE BOUNDARIES AND MAINTAIN CONTINUOUS GUARD WHILE
    WITHIN THE RANGE.
    3. VESSELS INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PORTS
    WILL CREATE THE LEAST INTERFERENCE TO FIRING OPERATIONS
    DURING THE SPECIFIC PERIODS, AS WELL AS ENHANCE THE VESSEL'S SAFETY WHEN PASSING THROUGH THE VICINITY OF THE SEA RANGE
    IF THEY WILL TRANSIT VIA THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL AND WITHIN
    NINE MILES OFFSHORE VICINITY OF POINT MUGU OR CROSS THE AREA
    SOUTHWEST OF SAN NICOLAS ISLAND BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE.


Or that's what "they" want you to think, wake up sheeple.

;0)




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