Has anyone seen THIS 'UFO' or similar?

[zorgon]

Now before yawl go screaming fake or photoshop... this is an OFFICIAL Kirtland AFB photograph. Simply look at the url of the photo and you will see that I speak truth

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[Pimander]

Lens flare.

[sky otter]

 

can i play.....bwhahahahahahahahahahah


AFRL experiment will create artificial ionosphere

KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- A samarium cloud similar to the one that will be formed during the Metal Oxide Space Cloud experiment in the ionosphere above the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Two separate sounding rockets will propel canisters containing samarium powder following launch one day apart from U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll. Liftoff is tentatively scheduled for September 2012. (Courtesy photo)

opps.. forgot the link..sorry 

http://www.kirtland.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp

[A51Watcher]

Now before yawl go screaming fake or photoshop... this is an OFFICIAL Kirtland AFB photograph. Simply look at the url of the photo and you will see that I speak truth

Happy Hunting

My take would be gas excitation.

Of course. 

[sky otter]

A51

really  check my link... page 2 of photo's

[Ellirium113]

Hmmm does this count? 

[sky otter]

A samarium cloud similar to the one that will be formed during the Metal Oxide Space Cloud experiment in the ionosphere above the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Two separate sounding rockets will propel canisters containing samarium powder following launch one day apart from U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll. Liftoff is tentatively scheduled for September 2012..courtesy photo.


AFRL experiment will create artificial ionosphere

Posted 7/20/2012   Updated 7/20/2012

by Michael P. Kleiman
377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

7/20/2012 - KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- On successive days in September, a pair of two-stage sounding rockets will lift off from the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, with each launch vehicle carrying a canister of samarium powder to its appointed trajectory over the Pacific Ocean.

Within minutes after departing the island, the dust payload will exit one rocket at 118 miles high and the other will be deposited 81 miles up.

After being jettisoned into the ionosphere, located in the upper atmosphere from 50 to 400 miles above the Earth's surface, the particles will form a plasma cloud, from which scientists of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate will obtain data from employing transmitters at two atolls and receivers at five separate isles.

"The two transmitters will send radio waves into the cloud, which will act like a miniature ionosphere. We should get a bounce of the signal off the cloud, depending on how dense it is. The cloud will create an artificial ionosphere and the signal will bounce off of both the real and artificial ionospheres," said Dr. Todd Pedersen, senior research physicist, AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate. "During the Metal Oxide Space Cloud experiment, we will measure where the cloud is and how dense it is. We will also be studying the effects of naturally occurring disturbances in the ionosphere with multiple-directions looks (east-west and north-south passes). The ionosphere is not always a nice smooth line - there are often disturbances."

Ionospheric turbulence can cause scintillation, which disrupts ground and satellite communication. Information generated from the $3 million MOSC trial will be applied to models for scientists to study the possibility of remediating the detrimental impacts of disturbances in the ionosphere on radio wave propagation.

"Our primary goal of the MOSC mission is to diagnose the cloud, but the long-term ambition is to examine whether we can artificially induce such a cloud to potentially prevent these naturally occurring disturbances from developing. What happens is that in the equatorial region you have a seasonal effect on communication - disturbances that develop in the ionosphere in the nighttime hours that can cause scintillation," said Ron Caton, research physicist, and principle investigator on the MOSC experiment, AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate. "For example, you have someone on the ground trying to communicate with a satellite and the signal is being disturbed as it passes through the ionosphere, similar to watching light scatter through water."

Although research for the MOSC experiment has spanned the past decade, on-site preparation for the mission began in earnest in June 2011, after a Mission Initiation Conference at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. With launch of both rockets tentatively scheduled for September 2012, the mission team is planning for placement of ground sensors, imagers and receivers, which has involved visits to four different atolls in the Marshall Islands. Caton recently traveled from Kwajalein to Rongelap, Likiep and Wotho Atolls on a 69-foot boat, with each leg of the trip taking approximately 18-20 hours.

"After being on the boat for so many hours, the team would get out to conduct the site survey in a short time, and then it was back on the water for the multi-hour trip to the next atoll," Caton said. "On the first night out, it got pretty rough, with 7- to 10-foot swells. I slept on the deck floor. It was definitely an interesting experience."

Mission partners include the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Test Program and the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The former is funding the two sounding rockets and the latter is providing them.

"If the MOSC experiment is successful, the next step would be to investigate our ability to introduce such a cloud in the proper location to short out the electric fields that lead to these disturbances that occur naturally," said Caton. "If we can artificially create this layer under the appropriate conditions, we have taken a huge step toward actively mitigating potential scintillation activity and ultimately enhancing warfighter communication."

http://www.kirtland.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123310746

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http://www.aerotechnews.com/news/2012/07/23/afrl-experiment-will-create-artificial-ionosphere/afrl-experiment/

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http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/

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Samarium ( /s??m??ri?m/ s?-MAIR-ee-?m) is a chemical element with symbol Sm and atomic number 62. It is a moderately hard silvery metal which readily oxidizes in air. Being a typical member of the lanthanide series, samarium usually assumes the oxidation state +3. Compounds of samarium(II) are also known, most notably monoxide SmO, monochalcogenides SmS, SmSe and SmTe, as well as samarium(II) iodide. The last compound is a common reducing agent in chemical synthesis. Samarium has no significant biological role and is only slightly toxic.

Samarium was discovered in 1879 by the French chemist Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran and named after the mineral samarskite from which it was isolated. The mineral itself was earlier named after a Russian mine official, Colonel Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets, who thereby became the first person to have a chemical element named after him, albeit indirectly. Although classified as a rare earth element, samarium is the 40th most abundant element in the Earth's crust and is more common than such metals as tin. Samarium occurs with concentration up to 2.8% in several minerals including cerite, gadolinite, samarskite, monazite and bastnäsite, the last two being the most common commercial sources of the element. These minerals are mostly found in China, the USA, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka and Australia; China is by far the world leader in samarium mining and production.

The major commercial application of samarium is in samarium-cobalt magnets which have permanent magnetization second only to neodymium magnets; however, samarium compounds can withstand significantly higher temperatures, above 700 °C, without losing their magnetic properties. Radioactive isotope samarium-153 is the major component of the drug samarium (153Sm) lexidronam (Quadramet) which kills cancer cells in the treatment of lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer and osteosarcoma. Another isotope, samarium-149, is a strong neutron absorber and is therefore added to the control rods of nuclear reactors. It is also formed as a decay product during the reactor operation and is one of the important factors considered in the reactor design and operation. Other applications of samarium include catalysis of chemical reactions, radioactive dating and an X-ray laser.

[kdog]

Whats up with the protection?
That is testing on how to protect.


Good find Sky Otter!

[sky otter]

k dog
z gave it away by saying it was in offical photo...
> if it was an official photo it would be on their web site
>and there it was on page 2
> then a quick search of samarium cloud for the rest

i had a lit teacher in high school that always said.. you don't have to know the answer
you just have to be able to know how to look for the answer

even after this many years that holds true

[zorgon]

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AFRL experiment will create artificial ionosphere
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/index.php?topic=63.msg33143#msg33143

   

[Somamech]

Its a warning to Obama

[zorgon]

can i play.....bwhahahahahahahahahahah

No you peeked

[sky otter]

 

hey
see reply #6
that is just following the trail

gezeeeee..next time just send me a pm not to be curious...

grouch

[stealthyaroura]

Sky Otter, well researched my friend! do have some gold for your quick debunk.
your an inspiration,

[sky otter]

hey stealthy..thanks

but i have to confess that i have a double gene of curiosity
and
am pretty good at finding stuff when i look

nobody ever wanted to play hide and seek with me..bwhahahahahahahahah