Re: Asteroid Targeted by Massive United States and Russian Military Forces Missile Launch Hit and Destroyed, Debris Rains down Upon Northern Hemispheric Regions

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:36:44 GMT, "Orion" <mark.bender@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index729.htm
>
>While I realize the story sounds absurd, (since Brokaw, Rathers replacement,
>and soon to be Peter Jennings replacement haven't said boo about it, ha ha )
>it does bring up an interesting question.
>Assuming for arguments sake that such a capability of launching "Thousands
>of missiles" even existed (that could reach escape velocity, and not just
>sub-orbital targeted back at land based targets), even if these where polar
>launched missiles, would not amateur astronomers around the world notice
>this?

Yes. And they would have noticed the huge asteroid in the first place.
And they would have noticed all the debris raining down (I track these
reports, and watch the sky every night with a network of cameras
covering Colorado- outside of the increase in fireballs due to the
Lyrids, the activity hasn't been particularly high lately).

The only way the military would even find out about a "giant asteroid"
would be because amateur or professional astronomers would tell them.
These aren't people noted for a willingness to keep secrets- not that
that stops the conspiracy nuts.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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