What was it?

Normally, I don't waste time commenting on conspiracy theories espoused by the extreme right . . . but, after what I read yesterday, I felt the need to insert my 2.5 cents. Two weeks ago - Monday, November 8, 2010 - a camera crew from KCBS in Los Angeles shot the above video of a "mystery contrail" over the California coast. Within two or three days of the occurrence, the Pentagon determined that the so-called "mystery missle" wasn't a missle at all . . . but the contrail from a jetliner flying along the California coast. Explained Pentagon spokesman Colonel David Lapan: "With all the information that we have gathered over the last day and a half about this condensation trail ("contrail") off the coast of southern California Monday night, both within the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies, we have no evidence to suggest this was anything other than a contrail caused by an aircraft." CASE CLOSED.

Enter the conspiracy theorist

Not satisfied with the official - and quite plausible - explanation of what occurred, the conspiracy theorist began propagating their own theories -- the latest of which was released this past weekend in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin (http://g2bulletin.wnd.com/) and states, without fear of correction, that  "the exhaust and billowing plume emanated from a single source nozzle of a missile." My question is why are these folks trying to re-start the Cold War?

The conspiracy theorist didn't just say it was a missile, no, they also named the country they thought it originated from and why. According to Mr. Farah "the missile was fired from a submerged Chinese nuclear submarine off the west coast of the United States" Unless he was actually present in the alleged submarine, how could he say with any degree of credibility that it was launched from the same? Not only does Mr. Farah offered his idea what was seen, but why: "the alleged missile shot coincided with an increasing confrontation between the U.S. and China, and was likely meant to send a message to Washington." 


Oh, really Mr. Farah? I'll tell you what I think it was. Folks who had nothing better to do took a perfectly innocent, non-threatening, incident and used it as another attempt to bash the Obama White House.

Until next time . . .