MIDAIR MARVEL[Chinese missile meeting at 32,000 feet over Xinjiang] July 31, 2017 draft 2James ObergjamesEoberg@comcast.net

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What happened…..

China tests a Hit• -to-Kill missile in Xinjiang, western China

Proper• warning notices filed

Dutch air• cargo flight delayed by weather comes along….

• … with a EXPERT photographer in the cockpit == KUDOS to Christiaan

He• takes images of the missile coming nearly head-on

This• viewing angle obscured the separate sequential features of the missile flight path

Chinese websites post other photos from both head• -on and from the side at various angles. and two videos as well

Reports• and images from earlier flights are located

What’s most interesting• Apparently multiple restarts of upper stage engine in nearly random

orientations

• Flight scheduled for twilight [dark sky from ground but rocket and plumes still in sunlight] suggests deliberate desire for visibility

• Coordination with target launch from other site still undetermined

• ..unless this WAS the target, and interceptor attacked later at lower altitude – identities of players in this dance still ambiguous

• Some images of current event and previous ones show highly convoluted smoke trails suggesting additional endo-atmospheric pluming – relation to main missile activity not apparent

• Awesome collection of visual recordings provide insights & puzzles

• International Space Station NOT over area of test, so no images

• Degree of PRC citizen participation in posting images – impressive!

How we will explore this

• Context and precursor events of similar type

• Unearthly behavior of space plumes and fuel dumps continue to amaze

• Van Heijst airborne observations

• Ground observations of same event• In-line like van Heijst• Profile views

• Ground observations of previous near-identical events

• Open questions – smoke rings, and who was target, who the killer?

• Further analysis needed [further HELP needed!!]

• 请发送信息和图片对我来说，在充分保护个人隐私• Conclusions

Imagery referencing methodology

• About two dozen different sources of imagery have been found so far

• Matching each image to its original source is important

• This allows compare/contrast references between images from different sources.

• Many of the sources are described in Chinese, for which ‘google translate’ provides less-than-useful English interpretations – help is needed here

• For the purposes of this report and for comments offered in the future, I will assignarbitrary numbers to the imagery sources [eg, #12] with sequential latin letters for thesequence of images from each source [eg, #07B]

• I hope and expect that additional imagery sources will come to my attention in the future and they will be assigned identifiers as they appear

• Where useful I will add a parenthetical descriptor to the code to aid in recalling source

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From the side, four distinct propulsive events occurred in quick succession == [1] Initial launch leaving narrow plume in atmosphere, broadening after crossing ‘Karman Line’ about 100 km up, turning horizontal, then dissipating; [2] brief horizontal thrusting with blue trail typical of solid fuel missiles; [3] brief coast, then 15-second thrusting downwards, ejecting plume upwards where it expanded and dissipated; [4] NOT YET OCCURRED IN THESE VIEWS – a 10-15 second horizontal turning plume, which then expanded and dissipated

TWO SIDE VIEWS OF SEQUENCE[THE PILOT AND MOST OTHER GROUND OBSERVERS SAW IT NEARLY STRAIGHT ON FROM DEAD AHEAD SO ALL PLUMES LAID OVER EACH OTHER]

PLUMES ARE SUNLIT AT HIGH ALTITUDE

VIEWING FROM HALF OBLIQUE

IN FRONT

VIEWING FROM NEARLY FULL SIDE ON

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VISUAL SIMULARITIES TO RUSSIAN ICBM WARHEAD TESTS A FEW YEARS AGO

http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/KYSS-12.pdf

ALSO TO CALIFORNIA TRIDENT TEST ‘PANIC’

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

…and to previous flights in same area recorded on Chinese websites [but mostly unnoticed in West]

Launch in November 1, 2015….

EXPLANATION OF BLUE COLOR

Yuliy Platov on “Turquoise glow”

[from report on Nov 2009 ICBM

‘Norway Spiral’ mass sightings]

This radiation is determined by the excitation of transitions B2 Σ → 2 Σ AlO

molecules in the wavelength range 4374 A - 5424 A. Long-term "afterglow» of

aluminum oxide [AlO], ie glow for ~ an hour after the passage of the rocket, is

determined by the relatively small diffusion coefficient sufficiently heavy molecules.

Spectrum of gas-dust cloud

formed by the combustion

products of solid-propellant

typical missile engine

HEIJST [ABOVE] NORWAY [LEFT]

Cargolux 747 senior pilot Christiaan van Heijsthttps://www.wionews.com/life-fun/in-conversation-with-pilot-and-photographer-christiaan-van-heijst-who-has-the-best-view-of-the-world-18231

See also space debris photos -- https://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2017/05/analysis-re-entry-of-cz-4b-rb-2014-049c.html

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JULY 25, 2017 – THE STORY OPENS WITH A FACEBOOK POSThttps://www.facebook.com/christiaan.vanheijst/posts/10155557558977090

Christiaan van Heijst added 11 new photos — in Yesterday [7/24/2017] at 10:20am ·

• Here we go again.. Last night, flying from Hong Kong to Baku over the Himalaya mountains, we witnessed something that was truly a once in a lifetime event.

• What started unexpectedly with an unusual bright spot on the horizon quickly changed into a droplet-shaped bubble that rapidly grew in size and altitude.

• Just a few minutes later, the rocket's exhaust gasses started forming a brightly curved trail that was accompanied by various illuminated spots in the dark sky that varied in color and shape, probably depending on the angle by which they were illuminated by the sun.

• This visual spectacle came as a total surprise for us and the only thing we found in the NOTAMS for our route was a 'temporarily restricted airspace' with a 100km radius somewhere south of Urumqi in north-west China with no mention of the nature of the closure, let alone a possible rocket/missile launch. Also, a quick search on google gave me no results about any publicly announced launches for this weekend.

Pilot sees

rocket launch during

flight

Waypoints across China

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EDIT: apparently it was a Chinese anti-ballistic missile test; (French)

• Quant au 4ème tir d’essai, on pense qu’il concernerait soit un intercepteur anti missile balistique (ABM) ou une fusée-sonde comme celle utilisée récemment pour tester le déploiement de parachute supersonique du programme martien, et le lancement semble avoir lieu le 23 Juillet dans la soirée heure locale, entre 13h50 et 15h30 UTC.

• On notifie la présence de trois zones de retombée ou de lancement – une situé à Korla dans la province de Xinjiang, et deux dans la région montagneuse au sud de Qinghai – et deux segments aériens interdits à tout survol.

• On ignore où exactement l’engin est parti, mais selon les différentes plages horaires où les zones d’interdit sont actives, on suppose qu’il soit lancé depuis le site de Korla suivant une trajectoire de nord-ouest à sud-est, tout comme les précédents essais anti balistique chinois.

• La distance parcourue est de 1 400 km environ.

http://www.eastpendulum.com/4-essais-de-missile-balistique-en-juillet

Korla. A known test range for interceptor-missiles

Korla Missile Test Complex Revisitedby Catherine Dill | March 26, 2015 |

• http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/605030/the-korla-missile-test-complex-revisited/

• Background – missile

• http://www.eastpendulum.com/la-chine-revele-ses-essais-antimissiles

The suspected missile is a HQ-19, which is the Chinese equivalent to the THAAD-ER missile and a component of their in-development multi-layered missile defense network. Intercept velocity was roughly at 3 km/s (again comparable to the THAAD) based on NOTAM data.

NOTE: “Space clouds” are not earthly “clouds”

Russian scientists [• eg Yuliy Platov] suggest neologism ‘cosmosol’ to acknowledge uniqueness of the object [analogous to ‘aerosol’]

They are free• -flying unconstrained particulates

They have no mutual attractive or associative forces•

Two flows can interweave and affect particle motion by collision•

Altitude and brightness can vary enormously•

They are not opaque like water clouds but portions can be bright •enough to mask out light from dimmer stars behind them

Because of structural features of the originating rocket stage, plumes •can possess and retain silhouettes reflecting localized blockage of the initial expulsion

Rocket plumes aren’t like jet plumes or flamethrower plumes or smoke plumes

For the first 50-60 kilometers of ascent, smoke trail is narrow, hemmed in, particles are stopped and then buoyed by air

This ‘floating’ non-vertical-moving portion is quickly zig-zagged by strong high-altitude crosswinds

When rocket enters region of purer vacuum above the von Karman ’line’ [~ 100 km], particle motions are unimpeded, so the plume widens to fan shape

Both engine exhaust [wide fan] and hydraulic pressure generator [to steer engines] exhaust [narrow trail] can leave visually distinguishable plumes

Earlier [lower] portions of plume may not be fully sunlit for some ‘twilight flights’ [time-of-day dependent] and exhibit rosy coloration

Plumes/clouds are THIN and therefore translucent and can be ‘seen through’ to other clouds behind them

Because they are ‘ghostly’ it is not immediately obvious which way they are facing – coming or going

In space, plumes are even weirder than THAT!!• Unlike atmospheric plumes suspended by buoyancy, plumes in space are clouds

of effluent particles following ballistic trajectories so they behave in a literally unearthly manner

• For engine exhaust, velocity is typically ~ 3 km/sec so early in ascent the particles are quickly flung back down into the atmosphere; for fuel dumps, much slower

• But as vehicle climbs and accelerates, with speed in the range 3-4 km/sec, the particles ejected from an already-fast-moving vehicle still retain significant forward speed with significant upwards angle -- they are ‘lofted’ en masse through space, seem to ‘follow’ the missile, gradually falling behind, and only slowly disperse and fall

• This odd effect is enhanced as upper stages pitch over closer to horizontal – and a special category of recent Russian ICBM tests and Chinese hit-to-kill warhead tests actually burn the last stage angled slightly downwards, thus giving plume particles a substantially greater UPWARDS initial component and extending their lifetime before air impact

• As upper stage [or warhead bus] accelerates it pulls ahead of plume more quickly, narrowing the forward plume and introducing a noticeable taper

Broader background on ‘space clouds’

• Soyuz launch http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Soyuz_launch_4.pdf• http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Russian_Missile_Launch_Viewed_from_ISS_2013.pdf

• http://www.jamesoberg.com/ISS_crew_spots_second_russian_rocket_rev_c.pdf• California SLBM http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf• Russian warhead tests http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/KYSS-12.pdf• http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Norway_Spiral_--_15_FAQS_final.pdf• http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/meridian_crash_2011_draft.pdf• http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/tomsk_spiral_ufo_2006.pdf• http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/molniya_clouds_over_south_america.pdf• Sunlit fuel dumps in space -- http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Space_clouds-

Strange_Spinoff_of_the_Space_Age.pdf• China 1982 flap http://www.jamesoberg.com/china-em-ufo-1982-draft-2.pdf

Situation of this triggering event

Details concerning the flight; •

July • 23rd 14.15UTC, Boeing 747-8, LX-VCN,

flying at • 9.800m (32.100ft),

• N37'29.0 E095'11.6, heading 283 (magnetic).

Local sunset • 2142 [1342 gmt]

• at 2215, sun azimuth 304ͤ°

… • and elevation -6 ° [regions above approx. 60 km still sunlit]

Giacomo • Mataloni . did any other crew reported what you saw?

van • Heijst No, we were the only ones flying there for as far as we know.

ISS – not in position for observation

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4731404/Stunned-pilot-snaps-launch-anti-ballistic-missile.html

HONG KONG NEWSPAPER

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JPV VAN HEIJST KLM 747

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DUTCH PRESS REPORTS• Toevallig legt Nederlandse piloot mysterieuze raketlancering vast

De • 34-jarige piloot Christiaan van Heijst uit Haarlem realiseerde zich meteen dathij een heel bijzonder fenomeen zag. Terwijl hij terugvloog uit Hongkong was hijgetuige van een mysterieuze raketlancering boven China. ,,Prachtig om te zien, bijna buitenaards.''

Marcia • Nieuwenhuis 25-07-17, 15:27

• De Haarlemmer was derde piloot op een vrachtvlucht vanuit Hongkong over de Himalaya en had dus zijn handen vrij om vast te leggen wat hij zag. ,,Ik besefte meteen dat dit heel uniek is'', vertelt de piloot. De vlucht in de Boeing 747-8 begon in de nacht van zondag op maandag met ‘een onverwacht heldere stip aan de horizon’ die veranderde in ‘een druppelvormige bel die snel groeide in grootte en hoogte’. ,,Dit visuele spektakel kwam als een totale verrassing.''

http://www.ad.nl/buitenland/nederlandse• -piloot-op-eerste-rang-bij-geheimzinnige-raketlancering~ab027c83/

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DUTCH PRESS REPORTS

• Luchtruim tijdelijk afgesloten

• In de aanwijzingen die piloten voor een vlucht krijgen, de NOTAM's (Notice To Airmen), stond al aangegeven dat er iets aan de hand was. In een straal van 100 kilometer rond Ürümqi, in het noordwesten van China aan de voet van de Himalaya, mocht niet worden gevlogen.

• ,,Tot onze grote verrassing zagen we een lichtbol ontstaan. Met alle informatie die we hebben, denken we dat we een raketlancering zagen die niet publiekelijk is aangekondigd’’, aldus Van Heijst. ,,Er is geen enkele mededeling over de aard van de afsluiting gedaan. Laat staan dat er sprake was van een mogelijke Chinese raketlancering.’’

• De in Utrecht geboren piloot die in Haarlem woont, realiseerde zich meteen dat hij getuige was van een ‘bijzonder fenomeen’. ,,De kans dat je een raketlancering ziet is al heel erg klein, maar doordat de zon ook nog eens precies aan de andere kant ondergaat, levert dit bijzondere beelden op.'' Meteen pakte de Haarlemmer, die al jaren blogt over de foto's die hij vanuit de lucht maakt en ruim 45.000 volgers op Instagram heeft, zijn Nikon erbij.

DUTCH PRESS REPORTS

• ,,Bij het lanceren zit er een enorme vlam achter zo'n raket. Door de lage luchtdruk op grote hoogte, heeft die raket een waanzinnig hoge snelheid. Die combinatie zorgt ervoor dat die rookpluim wordt opgeblazen en een grote ronde vorm krijgt'', legt Van Heijst uit. ,,Die eerste bel bleef maar groeien en daarboven ontstond toen een tweede. Toen besefte ik dat het een tweetrapsraket was die je ook ziet in films als Apollo 13.''

• Boven de Himalaya bevindt zich volgens Heijst ‘een heel uitgestrekt gebied zonder pottenkijkers’. ,,Zul je net zien dat er een Nederlander vliegt die het vastlegt. Ik denk niet dat de Chinezen daar rekening mee hielden.’’

• De Nederlander die al op zijn veertiende begon met zweefvliegen en op zijn achttiende zijn vliegbrevet haalde, nog vóórdat hij zijn rijbewijs had, startte bij thuiskomst meteen een zoektocht naar de mogelijke raketlancering. Een Chinese en een Franse website maken er melding van. ,,Mijn Frans beperkt zich tot soixante-neuf en cordon bleu, maar die Franse site heeft exact dezelfde foto’s en kaartjes van het gebied waar de lancering plaatsvond.’’ Van Heijst vermoedt dat China met het oog op recente testraketten in Noord-Korea een systeem probeert te ontwikkelen om antiballistische raketten uit te schakelen. ,,Ruimtevaart en geopolitiek hebben beide mijn interesse.’’

DUTCH PRESS REPORTS

Hij krijgt bijval van lucht• - en ruimtevaartdeskundige Joris Melkert van de TU Delft. ,,Dit kan inderdaad een raketlancering zijn geweest.'' De berichtgeving vooraf aan de piloten duidt daar volgens hem ook op. ,,Dat haal ik uit drie dingen: Het gebied is redelijk afgelegen. Er wordt een straal afgezet van 100 kilometer. Als je daarvan de oppervlakte uitrekent, kom je op 30.000 vierkante kilometer. Dat is ruwweg de oppervlakte van driekwart van Nederland, dat in totaal 40.000 vierkante kilometer beslaat.'' Dan heb je volgens hem 'voldoende ruimte om dingen terug te laten vallen op aarde’.

Ongelimiteerde• hoogte

Maar de sterkste aanwijzing ligt volgens de docent aan de TU Delft in het feit dat •het luchtruim niet tot een bepaalde hoogte, maar 'vanaf de grond tot ongelimiteerde hoogte werd afgesloten'. ,,Dat duidt er inderdaad op dat er iets de ruimte in geschoten is. Vaak wordt er bij de aanwijzingen aan piloten wél een gebied in hoogte aangegeven. Bij de ramp van de MH17 bijvoorbeeld, was dat tot een kilometer of tien en de MH17 vloog daar net boven.''

DUTCH PRESS REPORTS

• Of we ons zorgen moeten maken? Melkert denkt van niet. ,,De Chinezen weten wat ze doen met raketlanceringen, dat zijn geen amateurs.'' Dat Chinezen niet van tevoren vertellen wat daar gaande is, is volgens hem gebruikelijk. ,,Raketlanceringen gaan ook wel eens mis.''

Piloot Van Heijst houdt er een dubbel gevoel aan over. ,,Het was prachtig om te zien, bijna buitenaards. Maar ik besefte meteen: what comes up, must come down. De schoonheid van het licht was heel mooi, maar je zit tegelijkertijd wel naar geavanceerde wapensystemen te kijken.''

Facebook conversations begin

[my first guess on poor imagery, was wrong]

• WONDERFUL images, well done!! Since both 'teardrop' clouds seemed co-aligned, my first guess is they are two separate rockets, perhaps launched towards each other from some distance apart. The thin trail swells as the rocket crosses the ‘Karman Line’ about 100 km high where aerodynamic effects vanish [since there are TWO swelling clouds, this tells me they are two different rockets, not different stages of the same single rocket].

Compare the plume shapes to this well-imaged event : http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/Soyuz_launch_4.pdf

• Similar descriptions connected to rocket events have been coming out of China for decades note the frequent witness descriptions of the clouds as looking like garden vegetables!!] : http://www.jamesoberg.com/china-em-ufo-1982-draft-2.pdf

Witness replies on Chinese website

• This shows multiple photos taken by Chinese from the ground and a slightly different angle. I think it clearly shows a 2-stage rocket and ignition instead of two different missiles.

• 20170723NOTAM

• 2017-07-24 09:53:36| 分类：空天防御 | 标签：ufo

http://liuqiankktt.blog.163.com/blog/static/121264211201762495336818/

长缨在手敢缚苍龙 – “Chang Ying hand tied Black Dragon”[significance of title is unclear – any help?

http://liuqiankktt.blog.163.com/

Chinese site, multiple witnesses and image sets

• RoylovesCuke 7月23日 23:24来自 [Arriving from] iPhone SE

•晚上在酒泉亲历疑似卫星发射，请问这是什么啊

• Suspected personal experience of the night at the Jiuquan satellite launch, what is this

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Brightfor stars –no joy

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Source: China blogger “RoylovesCuke”

Sequence of four burns from straight ahead

1, 2 1, 2

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I interpret this sequence as a warhead bus tossed up by the first stage •[which made that massive ‘plume 1’, followed shortly by the smaller blue ‘plume 2’, then firing while already canted slightly downwards, creating that fan-shaped ‘plume-3’. It then shuts down and the plume continues departing at maybe 10,000 f/s, higher and wider. After an interval the same bus, which has rotated maybe 45 degrees and now faces forward and slightly up, fires again, creating the ‘plume-4’ you see forming. Note that bus firing #3's plume continues rising and dissipating even as firing #4's plume is being formed. You see this more clearly in the profile video sequence. The blue line [plume-2] I'm still pondering.

JEO, first serious reconstruction4

超级佳佳布鲁佳 Allison Super blue

7月23日 23:23 来自 iPhone 7

这是什么？现场很美 What is it? Site is very beautiful

不知道是什么发射 Do not know what is launched

2海西蒙古族藏族自治州·茫崖行委

Mangnai, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Committee

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Mangnai also known as Mangya is an Administrative Committee of Qinghai

Province, China. 37° 59′ 0″ N, 91° 36′ 0″ E 37.983333, 91.6

Chinese site, multiple witnesses and image sets - set #3

Mangnai-1 03A(MANGNAI) ENLARGED 03A(MANGNAI)

2 03B(MANGNAI) ENLARGED 03B(MANGNAI)

Mangnai-3

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Downwards burn is complete, and its plume is dispersing upwards, while final horizontal burn is in progress.

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Seventh image posted in the Mangnaisequence, but shows burn-3 [down thrust] in progress. This and image 6 must be out of sequential order.

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03H(MANGNAI) Burn-1 cloud has fully faded while atmospheric ascent portion remains dense and visible

8 -brightened03H(MANGNAI) BRIGHTENED

Side-by-side-1

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Side-by-side-2image 6,7 swapped[out of sequence] 03EFHG(MANGNAI)

Chinese site, multiple witnesses and image sets -- set 4

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•感觉身体被h掏空 Feel the body is hollowed by h

•今天 00:44 来自华为P9手机摄影再突破 Today 00:44 from Huawei P9 camera breakthrough

•吓人呐，好像是。。。。。试验 Scary, I think it was ... Test

• http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/0Pr17-Vey1JI3Hd8LDyJAw==/6632269531909991851.jpg

Oblique view somewhat off to the side

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2nd image

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04A(HUAWEI)ENLARGED AND BRIGHTENED PLUME3 CLOUD

DISSIPATING

http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/zVatW-iK8LbgR1YsHSmkoQ==/6632386080142506119.jpg

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JUPITER??

ODDLYSHAPEDTOWER?????

First view, sized to match view 2, and overbrightened. http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/0Pr17-Vey1JI3Hd8LDyJAw==/6632269531909991851.jpg

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Chinese site, multiple witnesses and image sets -- #5

• 汤-糖-偒-烫 [Soup-sugar-Tang-hot]

• 7月23日 23:50 来自 iPhone 6

• 今晚拍到的超神奇的天文现象 Tonight's Super amazing Astronomical phenomenon]

• ，从十点十五开始到二十五分结束 Starting from 10.5 to 25 per cent over

• ，全程持续了十分钟左右 Whole process lasted for about ten minutes ，

• 就像吐了个超级大烟圈，太神奇了，Like a super big circle, it is amazing,

• 求解@中央气象台@中国气象爱好者 Solution @ the Central Meteorological Station @ weather enthusiasts

• @中国国家天文@北京天文馆朱进 @楚天都市报 @荆门晚报 2钟祥·石牌镇 @ Chinese national astronomy @ Beijing Planetarium Zhu @ chutian metropolis daily @ jingmen • Zhongxiang, evening 2 shipai town

CONNECTION TO LAUNCH SEQUENCE STILL UNCLEAR

O5AB [Zhongxiang]

Stars do not match azimuth of other imagery

What are the circles?

Tbs•

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Newly-added sequence to the website

•張江鈺鈺鈺子 Zhang Jiangyu Yu-Yu

• 7月24日 23:05来自 iPhone 7

•昨天的罗布泊@不明飞行物 Yesterday the Lop Nur @ UFO

http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/BibRgvET1Xd9ZVu_0sRrHw==/6632261835328665079.jpg,http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/otvpWep_nkYUCrPdEHn9MQ==/6632472941561197132.jpg

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/x9VexmstKHd7e7ij2Y1d8w==/6632603783444899492.jpg,http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/vuXlpvuY6xoTCD-OxU991w==/6632330005049584044.jpg

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/tx9nDqr3ttQLaPDyVtevNw==/6632549907375140687.jpg,

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/qIH7kMS8qP8HQb5m4WMDEQ==/6632264034351920646.jpg

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/pM9-Orh-yIFfuQMk_BD22Q==/6632535613723982460.jpg

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/KJW18H_gSCe2tBn7nxwBew==/6632551006886768449.jpg

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/pPqpncEwz9naBCW_iM_Yxg==/6632530116165843574.jpg

SO WHAT IS THIS STRANGEWHITE BLOB OFF TO THE SIDE [EAST] ??

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/W_P7MppoysMQ-uJUlDLCCQ==/6632526817630959868.jpg

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Familiar plumes butbizarre corkscrewcloud

Text translation needed

http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/mPczvIDmuP2whm2q_LTM6A==/6632381682096062887.jpg

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/jqZrvJaXCrOTJ_2nlCSXTA==/6632437757189106645.jpg

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More? tbs

http://weibo.com/u/5806541635

•记忆里的甜蜜暖在心里

• “ The memory of the sweet warm in the heart”

• 7月25日 18:24来自荣耀手机勇敢做自己

• Come from the glory of the phone brave to do it yourself

•不明飞行物哦，带我们回去吧！ ????

• UFO, take us back!

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http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/Qs36tTqR-XJEjTsQIHq10g==/6632377284049551822.jpg

09A(WEIBO)

http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/lijtqdYVBBPTzGMo1Vha0w==/6632361890886787638.jpg

10A(unknown3)

_蜜鸽 Pigeon

今天 Nowadays 09:21来自[from] OPPO R9UFO?龙？#新疆景观# [Dragon? # Xinjiang landscape #]

What does sign say?

http://imgcdn.ph.126.net/JECW4X74XOHnkZKor2Zolw==/6632262934840217211.jpg

11A(unknown4)

Chinese site, multiple witnesses and image sets - video

• Same sequence as posted on youtube

12A(VIDEO1)

Possible bright star [Jupiter?] for orientation?

12A(VIDEO1)

Youtube: China Conducts Suspected Anti-Ballistic Missile Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2PaxCOl0w

By DefPost // Joined May 28, 2017 //Published on Jul 24, 2017 // Source: Chinese Media

“A Comprehensive Aerospace & Defense Portal” [India] // mail.defpost@gmail.com

PROFILE OF MULTI-BURN SEQUENCELOCATION NOT SPECIFIED BUT CLEARLY SIGNIFICANTLY NORTH OF TRACK

[this image stitched from two adjacent shots in pan sequence]

12A(VIDEO1)

Second video sequence from moving vehicleshows completion of original ascent burn

12B(VIDEO2)

2215 local, sky over Sinkiang, Jupiter was to the southwest, az234 degrees [so observer was northeast of missile track]

http://www.heavens-above.com/SkyChart.aspx?lat=41.7259&lng=86.1746&loc=Korla&alt=934&tz=ChST

Nearest large cities are to the northeast –Urumqi and Turpan

http://www.mappery.com/maps/Xinjiang-Road-Map.jpg

Burn3 lasts 16 sec, pause 7 sec Burn4 lasts >9 sec

12A(VIDEO1)

”Burn 2” plume

barely moves over interval

of video. Assuming engine Isp

of 280, exhaust velocity would be

~ 2800 m/sec, so lack of displacement

suggests missile velocity was about

the same value [reasonable enough].Corrected for

verticality

IMAGE CONTAINSINDICATORS OFAZIMUTH, VELOCITY & RANGE

Only non-moving point source on celestial sphere [more visible in other images when brightened], this is very probably Jupiter, in the SW sky – so observer is NE of launch site, near Urumchi, the only major city nearby.

Structure providesguide to plumb line

Persistent ascent plume usually terminates near the ‘Karman Line’ altitude of ~100 km, which bounds the range of distances.

From 孫台山

[Sun Taishan]July 25 at 11:57pm

https://scontent.fhou1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20264826_467307150298514_7883268197895595873_n.jpg?oh=cbb7d75feff3c31e2c5593d55f973287&oe=5A0B0437

13A(TAISHAN)

Precursor missions

Nov 1, 2015 previous test

• DN-3导弹首飞试验 DN-3 missile first flight test

• 2015-11-01 19:23:25| 分类：空天防御 Category: Air Defense

• China Tests Anti-Satellite Missile == The test of a Dong Neng-3 exoatmospheric vehicle was carried out Oct. 30 from China’s Korla Missile Test Complex in western China, said two defense officials familiar with reports of the test.

• A3208/15 - THE SEGMENT MEPEP-LUVAR OF ATS RTE Y2 CLSD. 31 OCT 23:50 2015 UNTIL 01 NOV 01:00 2015. CREATED: 30 OCT 09:35 2015

A3217/15 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD: 1. Y2: MEPEP-LUVAR. 2. L888: MUMAN-SANLI. 31 OCT 23:40 2015 UNTIL 01 NOV 01:00 2015. CREATED: 31 OCT 14:16 2015

• Photo caption -- 这个是什么 what is this

• http://liuqiankktt.blog.163.com/blog/static/12126421120151014503782?suggestedreading

http://img1.ph.126.net/RYpFA7v-T4rdhFOU9YU7tQ==/6631375628956233235.jpg

31A(LIUQIAN)

http://img1.ph.126.net/qfK5SwTvpCA6gsjevkE9Ng==/6631437201607380943.jpg

31B(LIUQIAN)

http://img0.ph.126.net/JEcRu4puocjbZTAKWIsTbA==/6631438301119008720.jpg

http://img1.ph.126.net/w4LyJqaW4xIdOX_GTBzOAQ==/6631289867049263500.jpg

31C(LIUQIAN)

Singleton images

有图有真相，不同视角，不同人拍摄http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4134450348

http://img1.ph.126.net/j82y9eRZDjgMAQkgiDs24w==/6631240389026011309.jpg,http://img0.ph.126.net/1qzjckpfF951jTyROfA3kg==/6631293165584146965.jpg

http://img1.ph.126.net/LytKDpjSezjdkJuUDHaFCg==/3107765217880626757.jpg

http://img2.ph.126.net/5G7BpsrcnYQ7eqFZD1dwaA==/6631405315770192965.jpg

http://img2.ph.126.net/pQXrszudkhYd5_ivt8zSQg==/6631252483653896492.jpg

http://img2.ph.126.net/kS6alVFJ9qIg7WoSMwsc0Q==/6631402017235286225.jpg

2016 Dec 6, midday local time [no visibility]

• DN-3试验

• 2016-12-06 10:49:06| 分类：空天防御

• A3096/16 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD: 1.W187: SADAN-OBDEG. 2.W112: NOLEP-ADMUX. 3.Y1: SADAN-MAGOD. FL000 - FL999, 06 DEC 03:55 2016 UNTIL 06 DEC 05:05 2016. CREATED: 05 DEC 14:43 2016

• A3098/16 - THE FLW ATS RTE CLSD: 1. Y2:MEPEP-LUVAR. 2. L888:MUMAN-LUVAR. 06 DEC 04:05 2016 UNTIL 06 DEC 05:15 2016. CREATED: 05 DEC 15:18 2016

• A3100/16 - THE FLW SEGMENTS OF ATS RTE CLSD: 1.Y1: MAGOD-DUMIN. 2.W112: TUSLI-ADMUX. 3.W192: TUSLI-DUMIN. 4.W187: OBDEG- TUSLI. 06 DEC 03:55 2016 UNTIL 06 DEC 04:55 2016. CREATED: 05 DEC 15:27 2016

• China’s military in 2016: Missiles, intelligence and the SCS By Bill Gertz December 28, 2016

As the year ended, China conducted a flight test of a new missile known as the Dong Ning-3 that the Pentagon believes is a missile designed to hit US satellites in space in a crippling attack in the early phases of a conflict that would limit American military forces from navigating forces, pinpointing targets and gathering intelligence. The DN-3 test took place in early December…..

• http://liuqiankktt.blog.163.com/blog/static/12126421120161161049687?suggestedreading

Jan 15, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vniW2fg4s

Follow-up media exploitation

• TBS

Jeo email…

The pilot's images are hard to interpret because he's viewing the •ascent and deploy sequence head-on, with several distinct rocket phases lined up in front of each other. Fortunately a video from Urumqi shows the sequence in profile. It looks like the warhead at the end was actually thrusting downwards [plume pointed up] perhaps to simulate full-range ICBM speed for a test of some sort. Russia ran a series of tests exactly like this out of their Volga River missile base into Kazakhstan, the upside down plumes freaked out witnesses for a thousand miles in all directions.

CONCLUSIONS

• Modern availability of video recorders and instant dissemination has revolutionized the analysis of unusual apparitions.

• Multiple viewing angles can be critical to properly reconstructing the stimulus event[s] as reported by observers

• Understanding the location and time of events is critical to assessing degree of overhead sunlight for illumination of missile/space activities including plume and cloud creation

• Imagery analysis using overbrightening can be helpful in detecting subtle tenuous cloud structures in the night sky

• Imagery analysis can often extract orientation/azimuth information, such as celestial sphere objects [eg, moon and bright planets]

• AD HOC investigation teams of former strangers spring up rapidly and operate effectively

• It’s more fun than EVER.

OPEN ISSUES

• Search for other serendipitous observations – ISS, shuttle [pre 2011], WXSATs, ‘UFO’ archives, etc

• Explanation of apparent four-burn sequence strategy• Relationship of blue ‘burn-2’ with higher-appearing burn-1 plume just

doesn’t look right – might be clue to major misinterpretation• Are any indications of a target vehicle present? Or IS this the target?• Were any other precursor launches also at twilight, and if so, why?• WTF are the curlicue clouds?• Is it possible the first launch is a target vehicle and the curlicue cloud

[clearly below 100 km altitude] is the interceptor maneuvering for the kill?• Known unknowns – several• Unkown unknowns – probably even more

Wingo suggestionThe more I read about this the more that it looks like a Chinese Version of the Minuteman • 1 second stage sounding rocket experiments we did at White Sands Missile range when I was at Space Vector Corporation.

The program has disappeared from the internet, but if you want to talk about it I can give you the •details…

https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/Western/LA/AIAALALas%• 20Vegas%20Enterprise%20Chapter%20Documents/2006/07-2006%20Karl%20Schab%20Survival%20and%20Growth%20in%20a%20Shrinking%20Market.pdf

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/• 10.2514/6.1986-2512

These are the best references..•

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/• 10.2514/6.1986-2547

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/• 10.2514/6.1979-515https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.1986-2555

All for anti• - ballistic missile systems research and test..