Military: Mystery Object over Washington State Wasn't Missile Launch

A weather camera on an island in Washington state on Sunday captured a mystery object that appears to some to be a missile in ascent, Q13Fox.com reported.

The object was spotted at 3:56 a.m. over Whidbey Island, where there is a naval air station. But a spokesman from NAS Whidbey Island said there are no missile capabilities at the base.

"There's a lot of speculation around here," Tom Mills, the spokesman, said. "But it's definitely not a missile launch."

A professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington speculated that the object looks like a missile.

"I've seen a lot of stuff," Cliff Mass, the professor, said. "But nothing like this."

There was reportedly an air ambulance helicopter in the vicinity of the northern Kitsap Peninsula that was flying at the same time the shot was taken.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/12/military-mystery-object-over-washington-state-wasnt-missile-launch.html

>>1721326

This is the Navy's position on this right now, they completely deny.. I thought it should be among the rest of the posts about Whidbey Island.

>>1721326

Here is something very interesting I believe

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http:// www.aviationpros.com/press_release/12272213/boeing-equipped-p-8a-training-center-opens-at-whidbey-island

>>1721400

The usual nothing to see here routine.

Boeing installs P-8A Poseidon sub-hunter training station at Whidbey Island (Photos)

Boeing has installed a P-8A Poseidon training center at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station as the base gets ready for the submarine hunter aircraft starting in 2017.

The P-8A training facility will include special ground-based flight simulators and classroom-based materials to train pilots and mission crews to operate the maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, its sensors, communications and weapons systems without relying on live flights. It opens next week.

The Boeing (NYSE: BA) aircrew training simulators installed at Whidbey Island have the same configuration as the P-8A aircraft which will be stationed there next year. A total of 42 of the military jets will be based there by 2019.

The Navy has spent $200 million to expand its aircraft hangars at the naval station to accommodate them, according to military officials quoted in The Whidbey News-Times.

The P-8A is a modified version of a Boeing 737 passenger jet, with extra powerful engines to run all the patrol and reconnaissance systems equipment inside.

About 70 percent of the training P-8 crews get will happen at the new center, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad said in a Boeing news release.

“Integrated, ground-based training is critical to U.S. Navy operations,” said Tom Shadrach, Boeing's P-8 program manager for training systems and government services.

Boeing is on contract to modify and provide updates to the training devices over the next three years.

This is Boeing's second P-8A aircrew training facility. It provided devices, electronic classrooms and course materials equipment at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida where P-8A aircrews started training in early 2012.

Whidbey Island, has some interesting things happening

https:// www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2016/10/boeing-installs-p-8a-poseidon-sub-hunter-training.html

http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/curious-photo-fueling-speculation/

A weather camera photo of what appears to be a missile launching from Whidbey Island has made international news, despite the fact that Naval Air Station Whidbey Island says there are no facilities on the island that could launch a missile.

“There was no missile launch from NAS Whidbey Island,” said base spokesman Mike Welding.

Welding said he asked Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s air traffic controllers if any activity was recorded, and they reported no flights and nothing “unusual” at the time.

The photo was taken by a Skunk Bay Weather camera, located in Hansville, Wash., around 3:50 a.m. on Sunday, June 10. The photo was posted on a weather and climate blog by University of Washington weather expert Cliff Mass on Monday and was soon picked up by national and international news outlets.

Welding said no one at the base knew what the image captured. The camera is operated by Greg Johnson, of Skunk Bay Weather.

“I knew when I first saw it that it was going to be controversial,” Johnson said in an email.

He said after looking at the facts, he doesn’t think it could be a missile anymore, especially with the lack of noise reported at the time.

The photo was taken with a 20-second exposure, according to the blog post, which can distort the image.

A different blog post on Skunk Bay’s website says the Department of Defense also confirmed it did not launch a missile in the area.

The website The Warzone investigated the mysterious photograph by looking at aircraft tracking in the area of the camera.

The blog speculates the image captured an air ambulance helicopter moving away from the camera, which was blurred because of the slow length of exposure.

Johnson said he isn’t convinced by the theory that it’s a helicopter.

“Quite honestly, I can’t really buy into that,” he said. “But, I really have no idea what this is … I am parking it in my mind as a mystery. I have captured several images over the years that still remain a mystery.”

And there's more here looks like residents aren't buying it either

http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/curious-photo-fueling-speculation/

>>1721702

Read this and then Try harder, people who live there don't believe what you are asserting.

>>1721734