Chapter 1234 Lady’s Love
Just as Chang Haonan guessed.
Even though last night was New Year's Eve and the test launch coincided with the Spring Festival Gala, many people in the northwest noticed unusual weather phenomena.
There is no way, the hypersonic weapon test firing is too loud, and unless you are very lucky, it will be difficult to avoid the ubiquitous sight.
If it had been ten years ago, I might have seen it.
But now the Internet has become quite popular in China, which has further facilitated the spread of relevant news.
However, the difference is that it is different from before.
This time, it was not the military forum that started the discussion first, but some...
Occult groups.
In fact, even nearly 20 years later, there are still a considerable number of people who are keen on various mysterious phenomena.
But in 2006, not many people really knew what the jellyfish cloud produced when ballistic missiles were launched.
There are also people with ulterior motives who are adding fuel to the fire.
Therefore, a post on Haijiao Forum first sparked some discussion on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.
[Has anyone heard that UFOs appeared in the sky over Longyuan and Meng Province last night? 】
Below the rather eye-catching title are several photos apparently taken from the same location.
The night sky, which should have been pitch black with only a few stars, was actually filled with large swaths of dazzling light, giving people an illusory sense of traveling through time and space.
In fact, most people didn’t quite believe it at first.
After all, there are only a few blurry photos, and there is no other news to support it.
Even the authenticity of the photo itself is hard to say.
Although the PS software these days is far from as abnormal as it was later, pictures without any anchor points may actually be taken at any location, even in a studio.
Especially at such a time as the first day of the Lunar New Year.
So many people think the poster is just joking.
But soon, as people who had rested last night began to get up, other news spread.
[Coordinated in Jincheng, my uncle was on duty at the gate of the compound last night. He did say something similar when he came back. At that time, he thought it was fireworks or something like that, so he didn’t think much about it. 】
[I work at Jincheng Airport. Starting from about 7:30 yesterday evening, Zhongchuan Airport was indeed closed for about an hour and a half. Two flights were affected and were diverted to other cities. 】
So many people said it had a nose and eyes, and those who initially thought the picture was fake soon became silent.
However, the mainstream opinion is still skeptical about the term "UFO".
Some people think that this may be an airplane. As for the exaggerated light and shadow effects in the picture, it is just the photographer's hand shaking when pressing the shutter button.
Some people also think that it may be colored spotlights somewhere in the city, combined with the long exposure effect. After all, last night was New Year's Eve, so there is no guarantee that some cities will not have some special program effects.
Moreover, most of the people who claimed to have witnessed it were concentrated in Jincheng, which made this inference even more real.
By noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the popularity of this post had actually declined somewhat.
But at this juncture, someone suddenly released a complete video.
[I'm from the Silver area. I was doing a show outside at the time. I accidentally took the photo. At first I thought it was an airplane or something like that, so I didn't think about anything else. Then I suddenly saw a bright light, and it disappeared in an instant. I Because of work, I often fly, and I am very sure that the speed cannot be reached by any airplane. I was dumbfounded. Later I found out that the airport was blocked because of this...】
In the attachment column below, there is a video with not very high definition.
But it can still be seen that first there is an almost invisible white line spreading from far to near under the moonlight, which looks like a normal airplane.
Suddenly, a bright light flashed near the white line, and then in the next few frames, it disappeared upward at an alarming acceleration.
Five minutes after this reply was posted, the entire thread was locked by the administrator and then deleted. However, this kind of treatment method is tantamount to concealing the truth in the eyes of the majority of people who eat melons.
Even some people who were originally skeptical have changed their minds because of this.
Someone checked the flight status last night and found that not only Jincheng, but also the airports in several nearby cities were either closed or issued navigation warnings within the three hours from 7 to 10 o'clock.
Some good media tabloids noticed this wave of enthusiasm and even invited experts from nowhere to give completely irrelevant interpretations of everything from airplanes to fireworks to comets. Instead, many suspicions and conspiracy theories were rampant.
By the evening of that day, even some overseas UFO enthusiast groups began to discuss the ins and outs of the "UFO sightings in Western China"...
……
Compared with the civilian groups who relied almost entirely on guessing, the Americans, who had more sophisticated reconnaissance methods, were the first to see some clues.
Colorado.
Peterson Air Force Base.
General Lance Lord, commander of the Air Force Space Command, had just left his office to get off work. Before he even had time to put on his coat, he heard a rush of footsteps behind him.
It was Brigadier General John Raymond, the liaison officer.
Although the name of the Space Command sounds like a non-combat organization, it is actually directly responsible for the management of more than 400 LGM-30G "Minuteman III" intercontinental ballistic missiles and a total of nearly a thousand nuclear warheads. Therefore, any position within it is of a high level. Scary.
"Johnny, is there an emergency?"
The admiral stopped and asked the old subordinate behind him.
Raymond took two steps forward and lowered his voice and said:
"General, Schriever has just sent news that China is likely to conduct a ballistic missile test launch this evening local time, which is this morning Pacific time."
Schriever Base, Peterson Base where they are currently located, and the better-known Cheyenne Mountain "Doomsday Bunker" together form a complete base group.
Among them, the former is stationed at the Space Operations Center, which is responsible for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work of the Air Force, and can control the vast majority of military satellites in service.
They are the eyes and ears of the entire U.S. Air Force.
"Another test launch?"
Lord frowned slightly:
"Did the radar in South Korea find it?"
Since the other party used the description "very likely", it means that the news did not come from China's situation report, but from one's own reconnaissance or intelligence unit.
After the test launch of the Dongfeng-3 missile last summer, as a temporary compensation measure, the Navy sent three additional destroyers equipped with the Aegis system to Japan, while the Air Force deployed two new sets of AN/TPS at Osan Air Force Base -77 mobile long-range air search radar.
Although it has little effect on missile defense itself, it can partially monitor missile tests in eastern China.
But Raymond shook his head:
"No, this test launch was conducted in the central and western part of China's territory. Our radar cannot currently detect this area..."
Having said this, he showed a slightly weird expression:
"In fact, it was the 373 Brigade in Misawa that first discovered the abnormal situation by monitoring the Internet in China. Many people claimed to have seen anomalies similar to UFOs last night, and then mobilized satellites to conduct reconnaissance in the relevant areas. Finally, in Traces of missile hits were found at a shooting range in western Longyuan Province..."
"373 Brigade..."
After hearing this unit number, the general opened his eyes slightly with an expression of astonishment:
"Is it the 'Lady's Love' mission?"
Raymond nodded slightly:
"In fact, in addition to China's public Internet, Sanze also monitored some other relevant information..."
As he spoke, he glanced at the office door next to him.
Lord also realized at this time that the corridor was not a good place to discuss this issue:
"Let's go in and talk..."
(End of chapter)