Spectacular Rocket Chemtrail October 2, 1999

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpD9uCmEawQ&fmt=18

This old video footage and series of still images document the chemtrail left by a modified Minuteman II intercept missile. The missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of a strategic inbound target intercept test (Star Wars).

The resulting plume went many miles into the upper atmosphere where the movement of the atmosphere twisted and distorted it into a very weird shape.

Even though it was dark at ground level, the plume was so high up that the sun was still illuminating it, causing it to glow and refract the sun's rays into a rainbow of colors, visible across much of the southwestern United States for several hours.

The plume is composed of aluminum oxide, aluminum chloride, water vapor and nitrogen gas, plus other trace elements. This is typical of most solid rocket propellant burns, including the Space Shuttle.

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[kiannasutube]

I remember seeing this when I was 8! Totally the same trail that we saw too, love that you caught it on camera!

[jcmegabyte]

@kiannasutube We used to see a lot more rocket launch trails like this one in the 70s, but they don't seem to do as many now, and they've changed the rocket fuel so that it isn't quite so luminous as well. Quite a sight though when they do send them up at dusk! Thanks for checking it out =)

[earthalien77]

That music is scary...! And so are the 'chem trails'...

[jcmegabyte]

Those rocket trails are indeed pretty spooky - especially if you don't know where they came from! XD Thanks for checking it out =)

[DumbYankies]

Wierdly I saw this when I was in california in 99 working for 3 weeks. This was the only time I have ever been in CA and flew over from the UK. I was driving south of SF towards dusk and saw the huge streaky super high jettrail. I pretty worked out it was in the direction of vandenburg and I think I later heard it was a star wars test shot.

Interesting to see a utube video of it, i assumed it was common place.

[jcmegabyte]

Seems like there used to be a lot more launch plumes like this one, but they are pretty rare at present. You definitely lucked-out getting to see this one - it was one of the more spectacular plumes I've seen. While launches from VAFB are fairly common (one per month or so), the newer fuels burn cleaner so there isn't much of a plume. Still, I'm always watching the launch schedule for those dusk launches! =)

[kidjr27]

@collapsedstar OMG! When I see comments like yours I throw up a little.. Just answer me one question. Without a continuing heat source, how do your "contrails" grow bigger and bigger and linger for hours? Not to mention chemtrails were admitted. Are you a shill or just to lazy to do research?

[JcmdiStockFootage]

The definition of the terms contrail and chemtrail do tend to be ambiguous and subject to opinion... However, unlike jet trails which are composed largely of condensed water vapor, particulates, and gases, this plume is the result of a chemical solid rocket fuel burn (aluminum/ammonium perchlorate), like the Space Shuttle SRBs, and is composed of aluminum oxide, aluminum chloride, water vapor and nitrogen gas, plus other trace elements - Probably more "chem" than "con" IMHO. :-)

[collapsedstar]

Simlpy contrail, not 'chemtrail' (chemtrails are an hoax)

[landtoseasandiego]

Yep, the one i saw in SD looked just like this! Very cool. I seen a few others too and a rocket in air. All from SD.