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  Marique March 22, 2012 at 8:27pm

  You are so not alone in your concerns about this. I myself find this very fishy...

  Here is a link that explains this a little: Very distressing and suspicious in my opinion...

  http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/03/19/atrex-nasa-jet-stream-study-5-suborbital-rockets-launched-at-the-same-time-will-light-up-the-night-sky-of-east-coast-us/

  About ATREX mission

  The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) is a Heliophysics sounding rocket mission that will gather information needed to better understand the process responsible for the high-altitude jet stream located 60 to 65 miles above the surface of the Earth.

  At those altitudes winds rush through a little understood region of Earth’s atmosphere at speeds of 200 to 300 miles per hour (321 to 482 kilometres per hour). Lower than a typical satellite’s orbit, higher than where most planes fly, this upper atmosphere jet stream makes a perfect target for a particular kind of scientific experiment: the sounding rocket. Some 35 to 40 feet long (~12 m), sounding rockets shoot up into the sky for short journeys of eight to ten minutes, allowing scientists to probe difficult-to-reach layers of the atmosphere.

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    Marique > Marique March 22, 2012 at 8:33pm

    ATREX launch status updates

    To try to spot the sounding rocket trails, follow the launch status updates here.

    How to watch mission lauch online:

    http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/03/21/how-to-watch-live-atrex...

    This is what they will ber spraying into the air all over the Atlantic seaboard.  I cannot see this as a good thing at all......

    About Trimethyl aluminium (TMA)

    Trimethyl aluminium is the chemical compound with the formula Al₂(CH₃)₆, abbreviated as Al₂Me₆, (AlMe₃)₂ or the abbreviation TMA. This pyrophoric, colorless liquid is an industrially importantorganoaluminium compound. It evolves white smoke (aluminium oxides) when the vapor is released into the air.

    A pyrophoric substance (from Greek πυροφορος, purophoros, “fire-bearing”) is a substance that will ignite spontaneously in air. Examples are iron sulfide and many reactive metals includinguranium, when powdered or sliced thin. Pyrophoric materials are often water-reactive as well and will ignite when they contact water or humid air. They can be handled safely in atmospheres of argon or (with a few exceptions) nitrogen.

    NASA has used TMA for decades as part of rocket studies from sites worldwide to study the near-space environment. TMA burns slowly and produces visible light that can be tracked visually and with special camera equipment.

    The products of the reaction when TMA is exposed to air or water are aluminum oxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor. Aluminum oxides are used to combat heartburn and to purify drinking water. Also, all three products occur naturally in the atmosphere. The TMA poses no threat to the public during preparation on the ground or during the release in space.