A mysterious object was seen off the coast of a Washington state island. The military denies it was a missile launch. (Facebook photo via SkunkBay Weather)

FOX News: Mystery object spotted over Washington state island, military denies missile launch

A weather camera on an island in Washington state on Sunday captured a mystery object that appears to some to be a missile in ascent, Q13Fox.com reported.

The object was spotted at 3:56 a.m. over Whidbey Island, where there is a naval air station. But a spokesman from NAS Whidbey Island said there are no missile capabilities at the base.

"There's a lot of speculation around here,” Tom Mills, the spokesman, said. "But it's definitely not a missile launch."

A professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington speculated that the object looks like a missile.

“I’ve seen a lot of stuff,” Cliff Mass, the professor, said. “But nothing like this.”

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Update #1: Missile launch? Lens flare? Mysterious object spotted over Whidbey Island raises questions -- Q13 FOX
Update #2: Pentagon Denies Knowledge of Mysterious Flying Object on US West Coast -- Sputnik

WNU Editor: That is a missile launch. But why launch at 4:00 AM? Followed by denials. Someone wants to keep this missile launch secret.

What Was In The Skies Over Oregon On October 25th?

Western Air Defense Sector (WADS), which goes by the callsign "Bigfoot," keeps a close watch on airspace over the Northwest and directs alert fighters and fighter patrols to targets of interest on short notice. Washington Military Department

The War Zone/The Drive: Airliners And F-15s Involved In Bizarre Encounter With Mystery Aircraft Over Oregon

The FAA, the USAF, and air traffic control recordings all confirm the bizarre event did indeed occur last October.

Something quite out of the ordinary occurred in the skies over Oregon on October 25th, 2017. A mystery aircraft was flying in daylight hours among the steady stream of airliners that traverse from south to north, between locales in California and Nevada and cities like Portland and Seattle and beyond. The incident began, at least as best we can tell, around 4:30pm near the California-Oregon border and resulted in multiple pilot eyewitnesses, recorded air traffic control audio, and eventual confirmations from both the FAA and North American Aerospace Command (NORAD) that it did indeed occur.

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WNU Editor: I love these mysteries. You know that it is military aircraft .... but what can it be ..... hmmmm ....

Is A Top Secret And Futuristic 'Pulse Detonation Jet' The Reason Why Mysterious Bangs Are Being Heard Across The Atlantic?

Is this Proof Mysterious Bangs Heard On Both Sides Of Atlantic WERE Caused By A Top-Secret US Jet? Footage Of Hypersonic Engine In Action Reveals It Sounds Almost Identical To Unexplained Noises -- Daily Mail

* Sounds reported at the weekend from Aberdeen to Devon in the UK
* Loud booms were also reported over Buffalo and Lockport in New York
* Twitter users blamed meteors, fireworks, aliens and 'the end of the world'
* A woman in south London managed to record the mysterious bangs
* An expert told MailOnline the noises sound like a 'pulse detonation engine'
* Some claim this is power source behind secret US spy plane 'Aurora'
* A video of this type of engine being tested reveals striking similarities
* MoD have no explanation, while Met Office said unusual weather not cause and experts said it couldn't have been meteors burning up
* US expert claims such an aircraft could potentially have been thousands of miles from where it was heard

There was growing evidence today that some kind of hypersonic jet may have been the cause of the mysterious bangs heard over both the UK and the US on Saturday.

Engineering expert Dr Bhupendra Khandelwa told MailOnline he believes the loud, repetitive bangs sounded like an experimental jet engine called a pulse detonation engine (PDE).

Other theories - including weather phenomenon or meteors and space junk 'burning up' in the atmosphere - have been largely dismissed by experts.

And a video showing a PDE being tested in a lab appears to add weight to Dr Khandelwa's claim.

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More News And Analysis On What Is Causing "Loud Bangs" That Are Being Heard Across The Atlantic

'Mystery Bangs' Over UK Sounded Like Secret 'Pulsejet Engine' -- Huffington Post
Were mysterious bangs in Gloucestershire sky caused by experimental jet engine? -- Gloucestershire Eecho
What caused the mysterious 'loud bangs' heard in Surrey? -- Get Surrey
Conspiracy theorists get excited over mysterious ‘bangs’ heard across UK -- Metro
Experts question mysterious bangs heard in London, New York -- Al Arabiya

Is This The Unknown 'Spy Plane' Spotted Flying Over Texas Last Week?

Stealth Drone Taranis Debuts: ‘Most Advanced Aircraft Ever Built By U.K. Engineers’ -- Washington Times

Global defense, security and aerospace company BAE Systems has announced the creation of a new stealth drone for the United Kingdom. “Taranis” is billed as the “most advanced aircraft ever built by U.K. engineers.”

The new unmanned combat drone went through a battery of secret tests last summer and “surpassed all expectations,” Reuters TV reported.

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My Comment: Prairie Pundit has made an interesting observation .... the Taranis drone is remarkably similar to the unknown aircraft that has been flying over Texas airspace for the past few weeks.

For more info on the Taranis .... go here.