Even more helpful government information or: How a missile of an unknown source hardly ruffled feathers

Yesterday in Los Angeles, according to a number of news sources (including Reuters), there seems to have been a mysterious rocket launch that is as of yet unexplained. It seems that military sources are claiming ignorance and an interest in figuring out what it was that took place.

An example from the Reuters' article of this kind of position is the following:

"So far we've come up empty with any explanation," Colonel David Lapan told reporters. "We're talking to other parts of the U.S. government. We're doing everything we can to try to figure out if anybody has any knowledge of what this event may have been."

If you are interested in a video clip of some of the coverage and the footage of the missile you can check out the following embedded video.



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The interesting question that this video is how NORAD knows that there is no threat if they don't know the source of the missile? Furthermore, if government sources really didn't know what the source of the missile was wouldn't it make sense for them to be a little more concerned? How is it possible that the smallest airline related incident can raise the threat level by a colour while presence of an unidentified missile near one of the US's largest city seems to do nothing to panic the Homeland Security types?

Fundamentally, this story, as it is presently being reported, makes no sense.

I suspect that this story is another instance in which the information provided to the public by the government is garbage. There is no way that such an incident could be of such little concern if the origin of the missile was really not known. That the issue is of little concern only makes sense only if the origin of the missile is known, which I suspect it must be given the lackadaisical response on the part of the government (unless they have somehow managed to completely mask their concern and the fact that the missile is of an unknown/hostile origin).

Anyway, no matter what actually happened, I think it is safe to assume that the public are being fed a line of crap on this one. The only thing more amazing than the fact that the public is likely being misled is the complicity of the media in the misleading.