{"id":2394,"date":"2016-09-02T21:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T04:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2016-09-02T21:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T04:13:01","slug":"strange-object-flying-toward-spacex-rocket-before-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2016\/09\/02\/strange-object-flying-toward-spacex-rocket-before-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Object Flying Toward SpaceX Rocket Before Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have seen a lot of film footage of exploding rockets. (They were quite numerous in the early days of spaceflight). But I’ve never seen anything like the incident that destroyed a SpaceX Flacon 9 at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on September 1.<\/p>\n

I’ve replayed the\u00a0video provided by USLaunchReport.com<\/a>\u00a0over and over, slowed in down, and examined every frame leading up to the event.\u00a0It seems quite clear that\u00a0something exploded near the 2nd stage umbilical, which then ripped apart a tank. This happened extremely fast. After the initial explosion, fuel and oxygen can be seen gushing out, rushing down and igniting into a fiery cascade. The initial explosion’s flash was so bright and strong that its reflections can even be seen in the spherical tank sitting on the ground, quite a distance away from the rocket.<\/p>\n

But I also noticed a puzzling detail. There’s a strange object moving very rapidly toward the rocket! It doesn’t hit the rocket, but it can still be seen in the air with the initial explosion already in progress.<\/p>\n

See for yourself. Here are three frames in sequence. (The time bar\u00a0does not reflect real time).\u00a0 I’ve marked the object with an arrow.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat is this? An\u00a0extremely fast-moving aircraft in the far distance?\u00a0This should be easy to verify or discount. Or perhaps a\u00a0bird moving rapidly between rocket and camera? This would have been a very fast bird, flying in a perfectly straight line and without a visible wing flap.<\/p>\n

All other options I could come up with would be rather sinister — such as a drone or some kind of weapon.<\/p>\n

Any other ideas? E-mail me and let me know!<\/p>\n

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