Mystery Missile!: "In Conclusion"

Okay, what have we learned about the object the took-off November 8, 2010, "out of the Sea" and over the Western Sky? Two things, really: there are those who believe it was the contrail of a jetliner and those who believe it was a missile. For your convenience, UFO Blog has analyzed these two theories for you.

It could not have been the contrail of a jetliner because the plume had a spiral or corkscrew shape. Conversely, it could not have been a missile because it moved too slowly and—for what it's worth—the Military knew nothing about it (but missiles can have spiral contrails and Militarys can, well, fib). So, what was it?

It was a UFO; there is no explanation. It seemed so likely it was a contrail, but if you really look at the footage it's clear the object was spinning, and the shape of the contrail itself proves this. Also, if it were a missile, then where did it go? What's it's purpose? It's a Mystery!

In conclusion, it seems that—hey what's this?

What is this?

A mystery within a mystery? Yes, this image actually appears in the Mystery Missile clips that were shown on various news programs at the time, but not in all of them. Knowingly or not, "UFO2" was excluded by some news organizations. It's not clear whether this was intentional. But this has spurred some conspiracy theorists to ring alarm bells.

Notice this video shows only one enlarged still. This makes the object seem bigger, ominous, more UFO-y. Also, the author claims the UFO2 "intercepts" the Mystery Missile. But this is not the case.

Here is the "complete" UFO2 footage (take a good look at it, enlarge with the "X" in right corner):

UFO2, looks a lot like a helicopter at first. It even appears to have a rotor on top of the stern (back)—and that's weird. Notice it has a blinking running light but it's in an odd place (and no red lights). Compared to the scale of the footage, this object would have to be very large. Also, it appears to have a constant light on the stern that's very bright.

UFO2 looks more like a plane moving backwards. If this is a helicopter, it would have to be a military model, perhaps an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter, called Chinook. Its top speed of 196 mph. Let's take a look:

Obviously, this helicopter does not resemble UFO2 at all. The Chinook's rotors are it's most obvious feature and don't appear in the Mystery Missile footage.

Also, the shape is all wrong! Why did this object come so close to our Mystery Missile? Lastly, if this is a helicopter it would have to be military, and in that case, the military would know what this is because we sure don't. It will remain another mystery for now. The end.

Mystery Missile!: "Professor: It was a missile, not a plane"

The following video is an excellent segment from CNN, featuring the Mystery Missile. It originally aired soon after the time of the sighting (November 8, 2010). It’s hosted by Josh Levs and presents a discussion about the main crux of the Mystery Missile saga: missile vs. jetliner.


Mr. Levs’ piece presents proponents of both sides, but more importantly, his approach vastly differs from other news show presentations in that the CNN producers take-on the "it was an optical illusion" mantra that became common in the days after the event; especially after the US Military took the position that it was an airplane. In effect, the book was closed on this UFO case— since it was just an airliner contrail.


This CNN segment also features a discussion of the nature of contrails, an explanation of the optics and illusions; but most interestingly it shows Mr. Levs asking the missed but essential question: “if this was an airplane, why can’t U.S. Officials just tell us which one it was? We have records of our aircraft in this country especially since 911!"

Mr. Levs then hands the discussion over to Pentagon Correspondent Chris Lawrence who quotes NORAD as stating “no foreign military launched any missile at that time nor was there any danger to the Homeland” The usual pap! But then he cites the FAA as indicating it…“did radar replays of that time period; they didn’t track any fast-moving unidentified object. Also, none of the Pilots in that area at the time reported seeing anything”.

Finally, Col. David Laplan of the Pentagon chimed in with: “All DOD entities with rocket and missile programs reported no launches, scheduled or inadvertent, during the time period in the area of the reported contrail”.

This is astonishing! This information was missing from UFO Blog’s account of this event. The fact is now clear; there was no official witnessing of this event, despite the massive arsenal of sensitive state-of-the-art tracking equipment. How is that possible when the object was recorded and tracked by conventional photo and video cameras for at least 10-minutes?

Josh Levs closes the segment by throwing it back to the Anchorwoman Kyra Phillips by saying:

She's otta' this world

“In the meantime we here at CNN are calling just about everyone we can think of to find out what the deal is with this aircraft, and Kyra in the end we've got a couple of questions: not only what the deal is with this, but also why doesn’t the Government know what the deal is with this, we’ll get you that as soon as we have it.”Unexpectedly, Ms. Phillips answers with a strange remark: “alright, maybe we want to try calling God, looks like he or she is the only one with the answers right now.” This makes Josh giggle and then mutter under his breath “if only”.

The irony is, this important CNN video was uploaded by a guy who collects videos of "hot newswomen", like Kyra Phillips, and this video was in his YouTube channel (UFO Blog was unwittingly led to the site—honest). Here's the video.