Anonymous ID: 16be23 June 14, 2018, 9:29 p.m. No.1755097   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5103 >>5108 >>5119 >>5124 >>5149 >>5186 >>5217 >>5265

New conspiracy theory claims Air Force one was targeted by a missile strike

Mike Rothschild—

June 14 at 2:30AM

 

In the early hours of Sunday, June 10, a webcam set up to watch Puget Sound near Whidbey Island, WA, caught what looks exactly like a missile being fired into the sky.

 

After the owner of the webcam posted the picture on Twitter the next day, it was immediately seized upon by followers of the online persona known as Q Anon. Their hypothesis: not only was this a missile, but it was fired by anti-Trump forces in an effort to shoot down Air Force One, then on its way to Singapore for the summit with Kim Jong Un.

 

And how do they know this? Because of secret clues left in the misspelled words Trump used on Twitter in the days around the summit indicating that the missile had been shot down. It’s a technique Trump supposedly uses often to convey information to Q Anon believers.

 

Conspiracy theories like the “Whidbey Island Missile” work because the human brain is extremely susceptible to both confirmation bias and pareidolia, the phenomenon where we see patterns and shapes where none exist.

 

In the case of the “missile,” it really looks like what we think a missile looks like. Then, other people see the same image and confirm that they think it looks like what we think it looks like.

 

Ergo, it’s a missile because it looks like what a missile looks like.

 

However, to look at the picture and declare it has to be a missile because it looks like a missile is to ignore a great deal of other evidence that it’s not a missile To take a step back, what exactly is the photo? How was it taken? And where?

 

Whidbey Island is a long, rugged island in Puget Sound, north of Seattle. It’s 168 square miles, and has a population of over 80,000 people.

 

The webcam belongs to the owner of the website SkunkBayWeather, and is one of four that broadcast a live feed of the weather in the Skunk Bay area on the south edge of Whidbey Island, all situated in Hansville, south of the island, and pointing north.

 

A writer with the tech website The War Zone reached out to the webcam’s owner, who confirmed that it’s his, that the picture is real, and that the camera captures images every 40-45 seconds, with a 20 second exposure.

 

These details are important because they help establish what the image actually is.

 

But first, how do we know it’s NOT a missile? Whidbey Island does have a naval base, and the Navy has a number of other bases in the area, including a base for nuclear submarines (along with thousands of warheads) about 60 miles south of that base, Naval Submarine Base Bangor.

 

Could it have been fired from either the Whidbey Island base or a submarine from Bangor?

 

It couldn’t have been fired from Whidbey Island itself, because that base is a small airfield with no offensive or defensive missile launchers.

 

https:// www.dailydot.com/layer8/whidbey-island-missile-air-force-one/

Anonymous ID: 16be23 June 14, 2018, 9:45 p.m. No.1755274   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5332

>>1755217

I guess I always understood it happened after he left Canada, G7 on his way to Singapore. Interesting how this was covered on Fox News and yet that fact wasn't mentioned in this article.

And note the use of the word conspiracy, is someone just a little bit nervous.

Anonymous ID: 16be23 June 14, 2018, 10:06 p.m. No.1755480   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5518 >>5530

Bremerton Update

Package found near Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton determined not explosive

A person was seen placing what looked like an explosive device near Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton.

 

Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton military personnel and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard employees spent hours sheltering in place after a suspicious package was discovered near the base around 11:45 a.m this morning.

 

Naval Base Kitsap spokesman Jake Chappelle said Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians determined the package did not contain an explosive, as investigators had been concerned about.

 

However, Navy fire and emergency services are still inspecting it out of concern the package potentially contains hazardous materials.

 

"The safety of our people is our top priority and we are committed to providing them with the safest working environment," said Capt. Alan Schrader, NBK commanding officer. "We have experts investigating the situation with the confidence to minimize the chances of similar actions against our people and equipment."

 

Naval Criminal Investigative Service is still investigating the incident.

 

After the package was discovered, personnel at the shipyard and base were told to go indoors, shut windows and doors and turn off fans, heating and air-conditioning units in their buildings.

 

Bremerton police blocked off downtown streets while the incident was being investigated, including Pacific Avenue running south to the ferry terminal, at noon until the yellow tape and road blocks were removed around 3:30 p.m.

 

After suspending ferry service this morning during the investigation, Washington State Ferries resumed running the Bremerton to Seattle route with a 4:15 p.m. departure out of Bremerton with the Hyak and a 4:15 sailing with the Kaleetan from Seattle.

 

Kitsap Transit resumed fast ferry service as well with the 3:55 sailing out of Seattle.

 

Navy Region Northwest spokeswoman Sheila Murray said this morning's incident was unrelated to a scheduled security exercise held at Bremerton's Naval Avenue Gate this morning from 7:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

 

An individual was taken out of the shipyard this morning by ambulance for a serious medical condition, but for a reason unrelated to the ongoing investigation, a Navy official said.

 

https:// www.king5.com/amp/article?section=news&subsection=local&topic=bremerton&headline=package-found-near-naval-base-kitsap-bremerton-determined-not-explosive&contentId=281-564446425

Anonymous ID: 16be23 June 14, 2018, 10:16 p.m. No.1755552   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5577

>>1755518

Update appears they are still looking for the shooter and asking the public's help, High Velocity gun apparently, shot through one door and out the other.

 

https:// www.king5.com/article/news/local/wsp-needs-publics-help-to-find-highway-509-shooter/281-564522788