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["Thad Robosson" <starstarcracker@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all, 

Did anyone else get lucky enough to witness last nite's rocket launch from 
Vandenberg?  

I happened to step out on the back porch just around 7:15pm or so, and saw what 
looked like a searchlight aimed down through a lot of dust.  As the "light" 
rose and the "dust" bloom got wider and wider, it occurred to me that it was a 
rocket launch.  Once the light blinked out, it left a very large luminous oval 
shaped dome behind, bigger than my fist at arm's length.  There was no color to 
it, and it was very interesting as I hadn't seen one without an obvious 
contrail twisting in the winds.  (Not that I've seen all that many...)

And now, a question....  Is there a website that gives the dates and times of 
these lauches?  I can't imagine that they're all that secret while the media 
gives away the all the info of our "covert" operations overseas....

Thad



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