A weather enthusiast in Whidbey Island, WA had a camera setup to automatically trigger to catch weather events, then keep the aperature open for 20 seconds for a long exposure.
At 4am, on June 10, his camera caught the following 20second exposure:
It was a hi-res image. Here it is zoomed in.
It looks to me like it is fatter than it looks; That only the side illuminated by the dawn light is visible, and that explains why the exhaust isn't centered.
I know that missile launches don't look like this in that the flame tail is not that long. But this is a 20 second exposure, so the super bright point right at the tail streaks a line, and the much darker smoke trail really doesn't register.
The official story is that it is a helicopter.
What do you folks think?
Here's a link to the weather guy's site. (You have to click on the Photograph Line on the top bar to get to his story about it.)
Skunk Bay Weather
At 4am, on June 10, his camera caught the following 20second exposure:
It was a hi-res image. Here it is zoomed in.
It looks to me like it is fatter than it looks; That only the side illuminated by the dawn light is visible, and that explains why the exhaust isn't centered.
I know that missile launches don't look like this in that the flame tail is not that long. But this is a 20 second exposure, so the super bright point right at the tail streaks a line, and the much darker smoke trail really doesn't register.
The official story is that it is a helicopter.
What do you folks think?
Here's a link to the weather guy's site. (You have to click on the Photograph Line on the top bar to get to his story about it.)
Skunk Bay Weather