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    Quote BIG AND SPOOKY: The largest rocket ever launched from the west coast of the USA blasted off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 20th at 1:10 pm PST. "The 23 story-high Delta IV Heavy rocket used three boosters, which produced more than two millions pounds of thrust to carry its payload into orbit," says photographer Anthony Galvan III, who recorded the launch on Figueroa Mountain some 40 miles from the Air Force base:

    The massive rocket's "spooky" payload was a top-secret spy satellite belonging to the US National Reconaissance Office. Any doubts about the covert nature of the mission were dispelled 10 minutes after liftoff when the rocket's live feed went deliberately black. Only a twisting contrail in the blue Pacific sky reminded onlookers that, yes, it really happened.

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    anyone see this go up?
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    maybe it's not to spy , but to broadcast

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    Oh dear - not another alien craft being targeted!!!!

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    There are some good pictures and a launch video here:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...lifts-off.html

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    "It's nothing, just a wisp of cloud"

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    Whats that Logo - looks like flames to me

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    any semblance to this Witchy1 ?


    "The Latin words “melior diabolus quem scies” are inscribed on the patch. This roughly translates to mean “the devil you know,” as in the phrase “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.”

    from http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=20138

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    Thanks Blue, any idea why THAT would be on a rocket ship - This is what is says


    The patch for NRO Launch 49 depicts a phoenix rising from the flames. The patch also features fourteen stars, including one being carried in the bird’s beak. There also appears to be a fifteenth star obscured by the bird’s wing. There’s a long tradition in such patches for the stars to symbolize the number of payloads launched. Fourteen stars just happens to be the number of KH-11 type electro-optical satellites successfully launched by the United States over the years—including the one being carried into orbit by this bird. A fifteenth launch—the one obscured star—ended in failure.


    This launch supports the military's national defense mission. The payload is confidential and is designated as National Reconnaissance Office L-49 (NROL-49), but most likely it's KH-11 type electro-optical reconnaissance satellite. The flow of official information about this mission will cease at the point of payload fairing separation. No further comment about the status of the mission will be made after this milestone.
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    and a black phoenix , symbolising what ?

    thought the rebirthed phoenix was supposed to be fresh and new , maybe that logo represents the old one on its way out

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    Only 10 whole stars plus 2 part ones - their argument falls down on interogation - hmph

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    wonder how many more stars are hidden behind the "black ops phoenix" wings

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    Looks better upside down

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    certainly interesting timing in light of current revelations ( or rather revealings)

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    and just as importantly as what is the payload , where is the destination ?

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    Ohh thats just a weather balloon, nothing to worry about


    I wonder if Bill Gates is part of that payload
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    Quote Posted by bluestflame (here)
    any semblance to this Witchy1 ?


    "The Latin words “melior diabolus quem scies” are inscribed on the patch. This roughly translates to mean “the devil you know,” as in the phrase “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.”

    from http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=20138
    Thanks bluestflame and witchy - these pictures sent a chill down my spine, and not the pleasant kind. “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.” Very creepy message. I'm not real fond of "the devil we know" right now, and oh-how-I-wish I knew who the "devil we don't know" might be.

    That patch is really spooky. I almost expect to see a swastika on it somewhere.

    Thanks for the thread Rocky.

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    "LOS ANGELES - USA - The two prominent film producers, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, have both joined forces to create a space rocket that will propel them and their families to a safe planet in the Andromeda galaxy, a studio spokesman revealed on Friday."

    now this about them teaming up to take a rocket with thier families into space ?

    http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/sci_tech...mber-2011.html



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    obviously a joke , but entertaining

    it even mentions it's not a hoax , but isn't that a dead giveaway ?

    thinking further into it if i was gunna bail out on a rocket ship I wouldn't announce it 11 months ahead , I'd leave now and keep people focused a little further down the track

    though the one about them giving percentage of fortune away ,
    then the 20minute conversation with seth
    now the "plans" to build an extended family rocket ship

    I think someone's having a lend

    ( wonder if they have a robot )

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    wonder what mr's Lucas and Spielberg are up to now , ( assuming they will be packing )

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    Quote Posted by bluestflame (here)
    wonder what mr's Lucas and Spielberg are up to now , ( assuming they will be packing )
    Presuming you mean their clothes and toiletries rather than multiple firearms?!

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    was assuming the only heat they would be packing would be from the rocket booster

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    I wonder if Obama's birth certificate is on it's way to space?

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