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Old 29th January 2007, 09:21 AM   #1
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UFo videotaped in Hawaii

http://www.khon2.com/home/ticker/5387746.html

So I guess the UFO went from Chicago to Colorado to Hawaii?
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Old 29th January 2007, 04:01 PM   #2
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It looks like a contrail.

Here's another:

911 callers report lights in sky

I wonder if this paranormal ghost hunting fad has petered out and UFOs are coming back into vogue?
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Old 29th January 2007, 04:09 PM   #3
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No, apparently UFOs are way, way out now.

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Old 29th January 2007, 06:09 PM   #4
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What if it's alien ghosts visiting our planet?
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Old 29th January 2007, 07:54 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by firecoins View Post
http://www.khon2.com/home/ticker/5387746.html

So I guess the UFO went from Chicago to Colorado to Hawaii?
It says they have video, but all I see at that link is a fuzzy picture.
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Old 29th January 2007, 10:31 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Gr8wight View Post
It says they have video, but all I see at that link is a fuzzy picture.
They do have a video of what looks like a contrail from high altitude. Since it happened at sunset, the contrail gets very nicely lit in a golden colour. To get the video, click the picture...

From the article:
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The U.S. military conducted a missile defense test off of Kauai Friday evening but the test didn't begin until 7:20 p.m.
I guess they started a little early...
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Old 30th January 2007, 08:02 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Grimoire View Post
They do have a video of what looks like a contrail from high altitude. Since it happened at sunset, the contrail gets very nicely lit in a golden colour. To get the video, click the picture...

From the article:
I guess they started a little early...
I swear that picture was not a clickable link when I was there before. I guess I was wrong.

As for what's in the video, it looks just like a contrail lit from below by the setting sun to me. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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Old 30th January 2007, 12:19 PM   #8
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What a boring little bit of anecdote.
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Old 30th January 2007, 12:24 PM   #9
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So if by definition a U.f.o is unidentified, why exactly does it follow that they're identified as being alien spaceships?
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Old 30th January 2007, 12:33 PM   #10
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It's a plane. Did I miss something?
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Old 30th January 2007, 02:02 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Gr8wight View Post
It says they have video, but all I see at that link is a fuzzy picture.
What did you expect? An alien spacecraft?
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Old 5th February 2007, 08:35 AM   #12
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Maybe it was Comet McNaught?
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Old 5th February 2007, 08:39 AM   #13
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Oh yes, Keith Olberman talked about it on Countdown, even had the head of MUFON on there, even he admitted that it was a contrail. Thankfully Olberman cut him off before he got into the serious woo....................
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Old 5th February 2007, 02:01 PM   #14
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Looks exactly like a high contrail lit up by the sun to me. Why would anyone think it was an ETUFO?
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Old 5th February 2007, 02:45 PM   #15
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UFOs are so old skool. Unless they get co-opted by the 9/11 Truthiness Movement, they're just not cool any more. Sorry Mulder, I guess the truth wasn't out there after all.
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Old 5th February 2007, 03:59 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by LTC8K6 View Post
Looks exactly like a high contrail lit up by the sun to me. Why would anyone think it was an ETUFO?
Don't you mean chemtrail? It's really quite obvious that this is an alien conspiracy with the current Bush administration. After all, he is half alien.
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Originally Posted by kalen View Post
Maybe it was Comet McNaught?
It wouldn't have been visible at that date and time.
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Old 6th February 2007, 05:06 AM   #18
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i love (aka hate) how they throw on "no official explaination has been given," implying that it cant be officially explained. in fact, who the hell is he referring to as being the responsible party for this "official explanation"? it's the old tired trick, throw out something outlandish that they know "officials" wont respond to and then claim the lack of response is due to conspiracy/confusion/etc.
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Old 6th February 2007, 10:25 PM   #19
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why must explainations be "official" anyway?
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