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Mystery 'Missile' Identified As US Airways Flight 808

Posted by timothy on from the just-what-they-want-you-to-think dept.

sean.peters writes "The mystery missile discussed on Slashdot Tuesday? It was US Airways 808 from Honolulu to Phoenix. An amateur sleuth checked the time against airline schedules, then the following day, checked out a webcam that was trained in the appropriate direction. He found the exact same contrail at the time AWE808 was coming over. The author deals persuasively with a number of objections to his argument."

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  1. Re:Slashdotted? by Yvan256 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fiber optic? I wish.

    We're still stuck with 5mbps cable sold to us as "high speed" and they still even have 2mbps options... while still charging way more than most of the other places in Europe or Asia.

    Broadband in Canada is even falling behind some places in the USA. Blame oligopolies and federal funding and protection for the lack of competition.