THE ROCKET PLUME ‘POSTER CHILD’ EVENTS

ROCKET PLUME ‘POSTER CHILD’ EVENTS

Diving right into the theme, there are two recent events which profoundly illustrate the nature of the cultural phenomenon.

First, here are two reports on the November 7, 2015, mass freak-out in California and neighboring states caused by a routine test launch of a Trident missile from a submarine west of San Diego. The first report goes deeply into the technical solution, and it presents some previous launches with similar effects in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans [particularly in the Canary Islands]. The second addresses the characteristics of public misconceptions about that particular event.

MISSILE FREAK-OUT IN CALIFORNIA [NOV 7, 2015]

http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf

WHAT DO MISSILE SIGHTINGS TELL US ABOUT UFO WITNESSES?

http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/151107-cali_slbm_witness_analysis.pdf

The second report goes into a deep analysis of a launch from the main Russian spaceport in Baykonur, Kazakhstan, on December 15, 2015, as it was observed from the ground, from an airliner, and most unusually, from aboard the International Space Station. The different points of view allow the conceptualization of a three-dimensional model of the ‘space plume’ which validates the explanation behind it.

Soyuz TMA-19M Launch & Ascent Observations

http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Soyuz_launch_4.pdf

It’s interesting to point out that at least two other Russian rocket launches have been accidentally observed from the viewing deck [the ‘cupola’] of the ISS, in 2013 and 2014, as described in these two reports:

Oct 10, 2013  http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Russian_Missile_Launch_Viewed_from_ISS_2013.pdf

text narrative  http://www.jamesoberg.com/Topol_Test_with_images.pdf

June 15, 2014   http://www.jamesoberg.com/ISS_crew_spots_second_russian_rocket_rev_c.pdf

Other space-based observations, such as this one May 5, 1981 report from a Soviet space station, hint at still-unacknowledged missile/space activities of ‘nth country’ nations – underscoring the genuine value of paying attention to such reports.

http://www.jamesoberg.com/cosmonauts-see-launches.pdf

Another unique space-based observation of a launch was recently recorded by alert operators of a private space surveillance network who realized that their next-in-line launch [from Russia] would be in view of one of their already-deployed satellites. Careful programming of an observation sequence based on the known launch time produced this amazing sequence on July 14, 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFZlUfYE4Fk 

Even MORE spectacular was this time-lapse sequence of a launch to the International Space Station in November 2018, viewed from the station's 'observation deck'. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouBfzCgXHgk 

Rarely, Russian satellite launchers carry backwards-facing video cameras.

April 3, 2014 from Kourou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHWDNrrfhnI

Aug 2017 from Vostochniy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1fihj_ed9w  

A Lockheed-Martin launch with rocketcam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyq5eN9C4Cc