FARK.com: (2035350) Mysterious disturbance that rattled San Diego has been traced to "Warning Area 291," a huge swath of ocean used for military training exercises

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		Mysterious disturbance that rattled San Diego has been traced to "Warning Area 291," a huge swath of ocean used for military training exercises (signonsandiego.com)		195
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JustinCase		2006-04-27 07:18:24 AM

Who's out there? SEAL Team 2?

average1		2006-04-27 08:33:51 AM

This isn't a mystery. The sound was the Asgard ship breaking up on reentry after SG1 disabled the inertial compensators. (or something like that).

Now all we have to fear are the Replicators.

/Them Ruskies better watch out
//All hail our new Replicator overlords.

muninsfire		2006-04-27 09:15:39 AM

I want to believe!

linc654		2006-04-27 11:19:51 AM

I just came into this thread to see pictures of scanitly clad women. Yes - I realize this thread has nothing to do with scantily clad women but help a brother out!!

/where have all the good times gone?
//do NOT say foobies
///okay, say foobies.

bigforearms		2006-04-27 11:19:55 AM

Go go Godzilla!

RottNDude		2006-04-27 11:21:16 AM

I distinctly remember this... felt like a bomb went off nearby. The fact that nobody knew what it was until now is pretty odd.

runchkin		2006-04-27 11:21:32 AM

Deploy tin foil hats immediately!

She comes in colors everywhere		2006-04-27 11:21:34 AM

Son of Thunder		2006-04-27 11:21:54 AM

Mystery disturbance traced to sound wave

...as if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

HickPrincess		2006-04-27 11:23:14 AM

Sonic booms, people. No big mystery, except why the military won't tell the truth.

WolfinPHX		2006-04-27 11:23:22 AM

Am I the only one wondering why the US military needs 1 _million_ square miles of ocean for testing weapons?

Clever Neologism		2006-04-27 11:23:40 AM

Oh, "we" have known what these are for a long time.

Even if this wasn't the military itself, or something they knew about, they sure as hell found out as fast as they could, I guarantee you.

dassaz		2006-04-27 11:23:41 AM

291? I thought San Diego was 619.

//I'm confused...

ThePenIsMightier		2006-04-27 11:23:47 AM

Call Fox Mulder

Walker		2006-04-27 11:23:54 AM

Steve Fiebing, a Coronado-based Navy spokesman, said the live-fire range on San Clemente Island was inactive April 4. He also said there was no Navy or Marine Corps flight activity in Warning Area 291 on that day that would have caused a sonic boom or a countywide tremor.

I don't believe anything the military says (and neither should you). Just one example: Whenever there is a mass whale beaching and people suspect it is from the Navy testing sonar the Navy spokesman comes out and says "Not only were we NOT testing sonar, but we weren't even in that area that day". Later it always comes out they were testing sonar and they were in that area. So don't believe a thing they say. They are called "military secrets" because they are a secret. Of course they aren't going to admit and detail everything they do on that island. "Yes, and at that time we tested a MOAB and then a secret bigger MOAB, please write all this down".

Oldiron_79		2006-04-27 11:24:16 AM

move along people nothing to see here. Don't make me break out the flashy thing.

WolfinPHX		2006-04-27 11:25:25 AM

Nevermind, I guess it's 'cause their ships are so farking huge.

ookdalibrarian		2006-04-27 11:25:40 AM

They were testing a new prototype:
www.vttbots.com

0ok

mykie		2006-04-27 11:28:17 AM

Major Thomb		2006-04-27 11:29:31 AM

I'll wait for the made for TV movie. Then we'll know for sure.

Old_Chief_Scott		2006-04-27 11:30:29 AM

Walker-

Don't you think a bomb that big would register more distictly on seismographs? Or was this a hushaboom?

DrZombie		2006-04-27 11:31:25 AM

I don't believe anything the military says (and neither should you). Just one example: Whenever there is a mass whale beaching and people suspect it is from the Navy testing sonar the Navy spokesman comes out and says "Not only were we NOT testing sonar, but we weren't even in that area that day". Later it always comes out they were testing sonar and they were in that area. So don't believe a thing they say. They are called "military secrets" because they are a secret. Of course they aren't going to admit and detail everything they do on that island. "Yes, and at that time we tested a MOAB and then a secret bigger MOAB, please write all this down".

And I think the problem with this is that they are being allowed to operate under the guidelines that they know what's best. It's this kind of thinking that could potentially lead to an engineered virus wreaking havoc, a zombie invasion, or whatever your particular doomsday scenario happens to be.

eggrolls		2006-04-27 11:31:44 AM

"I would guess it's either an explosion that somebody hasn't told us about or it could have been a meteor coming into the atmosphere," he said. "But it was certainly a big disturbance in the atmosphere."

www.drunkencat.com

Nothing to see here folks...move along...move along...

ThePenIsMightier		2006-04-27 11:31:52 AM

Somebody post Ron Burgandy running for his life.

"Run for your life San Diego!"

Jument		2006-04-27 11:32:44 AM

HickPrincess
Sonic booms, people. No big mystery, except why the military won't tell the truth.

Isn't it pretty much a given that a sonic boom wouldn't travel that far and wouldn't be that loud across such a large area? I dunno.

Highroller48		2006-04-27 11:34:15 AM

It was clearly Karl Rove's weather machine warming up for the new Storm Season.

scavenger		2006-04-27 11:36:14 AM

they are revving up their tsunami-making machine...

klous		2006-04-27 11:37:12 AM

Old_Chief_Scott, I believe a large airburst explosion would register more in the air than in the ground.

caustic_nihilist		2006-04-27 11:40:08 AM

Queue the beached whales in 3...2...1...

chechcal		2006-04-27 11:40:39 AM

HickPrincess: Sonic booms, people. No big mystery, except why the military won't tell the truth.

Sonic booms don't travel that far. It's probably something military/CIA/DARPA/Whatever, and I think there's valid reasons for somethings done by the military to be kept secret.

It was a secret until late in the cold war that our sonar technology was to the point where we were able to track and locate each and every Soviet nuclear missile-carrying sub, and they couldn't track ours. Then John Walker Jr. sold them that info and they wised up and moved their subs up under the arctic ice, costing us an advantage.

headedtojail		2006-04-27 11:40:39 AM

When I read stuff like this I usually just let my Sci-Fi trained mind go a little crazy: what if this really was the aliens landing and they are currently in talks with the government?

No, I mean really, what if? Think about it...

TommyDavisKills		2006-04-27 11:40:52 AM

see you down in Arizona Bay

LANshark		2006-04-27 11:41:45 AM

Dr Venture's Oooooooooo Ray?

the opposite of charity is justice		2006-04-27 11:42:04 AM

Apparently the Aurora pilot was buzzing the carrier tower that day...

jwhennig		2006-04-27 11:42:20 AM

average1, you have it all wrong!

It wasn't Thor's ship, it was pieces of Anubis' fleet.

Proemas		2006-04-27 11:42:37 AM

Maybe this is a response to Iran's weapons testing?

Iran: We have successfully tested our super fast torpedo, flying boat thingie, etc. America would not stand a chance against us now....

America: We just tested something that caused atmospheric disturbances 120+ miles away. And here's the kicker: YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS. Enjoy your flying boat thingie.

LordOfThePings		2006-04-27 11:42:38 AM

Oh, the jedis are going to feel this one!

sp0rk_of_psychosis		2006-04-27 11:43:28 AM

Remember that 'floating frog' academic study? Yeah it was limited and relatively useless, but I wish there were more cool sci-fi like studies which didn't involve the military stepping in and suddenly making it classified...

The U.S. Military: The rich kid down the street who would never invite you over because then you might ask to play with his toys.

I_C_Weener		2006-04-27 11:43:56 AM

It's a trick! Or some similar Ackbar saying.

trippdogg		2006-04-27 11:44:04 AM

"The American Meteor Society reported no fireball sightings over Southern California on that day."

The American Why Do People Worry About Stupid Shiat When There Are So Many Real Problems To Solve Society reported that people should get a farking clue...

Dumle		2006-04-27 11:44:43 AM

WolfinPHX

Am I the only one wondering why the US military needs 1 _million_ square miles of ocean for testing weapons?

My guess is that most of it is for security reasons. With a million square miles, you can be pretty sure whatever's being tested/practiced on won't end up outside the zone and into the lap of some idiot on a yacht.

bongmiester		2006-04-27 11:44:44 AM

maybe the navy has one phat sub-woofer

worlds tallest midget		2006-04-27 11:45:43 AM

It's all Bush's fault.

StBC		2006-04-27 11:47:32 AM

Don't worry, ONLY 50 people died!

quiefNpea		2006-04-27 11:48:52 AM

average1: The sound was the Asgard ship breaking up on reentry after SG1 disabled the inertial compensators.

Thor? Is that you? You silly rascal...

/move along. Nothing to see. SuperSecret Weapons.
//Beached whales in 3..2..1..

sp0rk_of_psychosis		2006-04-27 11:48:53 AM

Proemas

Hah! So true...especially because bombing / tactical strikes inside Iran are becoming headlines with more frequency...nothing says "We can and we just might" like testing something most people can't even imagine or fathom.

I just wish our 'insurance policies' didn't cost gabizillions.

*Please be anti-gravity propulsion...please...please...please*

Would anti-grav go boom?

Gothmolly		2006-04-27 11:49:36 AM

DrZombie
And I think the problem with this is that they are being allowed to operate under the guidelines that they know what's best. It's this kind of thinking that could potentially lead to an engineered virus wreaking havoc, a zombie invasion, or whatever your particular doomsday scenario happens to be.

Because you know better? Or Congress knows better? Or the Chinese know better?

dickiedoo		2006-04-27 11:50:31 AM

1 million square miles? I'm guessing they do everything from missle ranges to mine clearing exercises and "play war" with other naval ships. Much like any other training area would but much bigger for obvious reasons. Naval warfare is fought over hundreds of miles now, for the most part you can't even see the target you're firing at.

rritterson		2006-04-27 11:50:46 AM

WolfinPHX-

Well, that's 1000x1000. How far does a cruise missile travel? and do you really want the chance of a cruise missile accidentally hitting a fishing boat or some guys yacht?