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On February 28, 1963, a thrust assisted Thor rocket was launched from pad 75-3-5 at Vandenburg Air Force base in California carrying a Keyhole 4 military surveillance satellite.<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/thisday/febary28.htm</ref>  The rocket started to veer off course and was intentionally destroyed<ref>http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/lvs/tatgenad.htm</ref> at an altitude of 44 kilometers (144,000 feet) at 1:52pm.<ref>McDonald, Dr. James E, Cloud-Ring in the Upper Stratosphere, ''Weatherwise'', June 1963, Page 100</ref>
On February 28, 1963, a thrust assisted Thor rocket was launched from pad 75-3-5 at Vandenburg Air Force base in California carrying a Keyhole 4 military surveillance satellite.<ref>http://www.astronautix.com/thisday/febary28.htm</ref>  The rocket started to veer off course and was intentionally destroyed<ref>http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/lvs/tatgenad.htm</ref> at an altitude of 44 kilometers (144,000 feet) at 1:52pm.<ref>McDonald, Dr. James E, Cloud-Ring in the Upper Stratosphere, ''Weatherwise'', June 1963, Page 100</ref>


The cloud was investigated by Dr. James F. MacDonald in a number of published scientific reports.  Dr. MacDonald is most famous for his investigations of UFO's.  McDonald was senior physicist at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics and professor in the Department of Meteorology, University of Arizona, Tucson.
The cloud was investigated by Dr. James F. MacDonald in a number of published scientific reports.  Dr. MacDonald is famous for his investigations of UFO's, yet was was senior physicist at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics and professor in the Department of Meteorology, University of Arizona, Tucson.


Dr. MacDonald never published a final report on the cloud. Why?  It is likely that he lost interest in the cloud as he arrived at a likely explanation of the cloud that was not particularly interesting, i.e. the explosion of the rocket.  As an individual who criticized the scientific community for ignoring phenomena that defied interpretation by conventional science, it is extremely unlikely that he would have failed to publish a final report on the cloud simply because he could not explain it.
Dr. MacDonald never published a final report on the cloud. Why?  It is likely that he lost interest in the cloud as he arrived at a likely explanation of the cloud that was not particularly interesting, i.e. the explosion of the rocket.  As an individual who criticized the scientific community for ignoring phenomena that defied interpretation by conventional science, it is extremely unlikely that he would have failed to publish a final report on the cloud simply because he could not explain it.


The facts:
The facts:
#The explosion of the rocket was on the same day as the cloud appeared.
#The explosion of the rocket was on the same day as the cloud appeared.
#The explosion of the rocket was at the same height as the height of the cloud (the height of the explosion was exact while the height of the cloud was estimated).   
#The explosion of the rocket was at the same height as the height of the cloud (the height of the explosion was exact while the height of the cloud was estimated).   
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In March 2012, NASA launched five rockets off the east coast of the USA to create some of these clouds. These clouds formed rings that look like the May 1963 Life magazine photo. <ref>http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-tracer-rockets-form-ringed-clouds-at-the-edge-of-space/21972/pictures#12</ref>
In March 2012, NASA launched five rockets off the east coast of the USA to create some of these clouds. These clouds formed rings that look like the May 1963 Life magazine photo. <ref>http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-tracer-rockets-form-ringed-clouds-at-the-edge-of-space/21972/pictures#12</ref>
==The Supernatural Explanation==
Those who judge William Branham to be a prophet will spiritualize these discrepancies, rather than admitting that he made an error.  Some of these spiritual interpretations include:
#The southern tip of the cloud was 10 miles north of Flagstaff when the picture in Life magazine was taken.<ref> http://www.spokenwordchurch.com/themessageresourcelibrary/Articles/Cloud%20Article%20-%20Dr%20McDonalds%20Cloud%20Investigation%20Supplement%201963.pdf  </ref>  10 miles north of Flagstaff there is a mountain called “Sunset Crater” that is a cone-shaped volcano without a peak. <ref> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Crater </ref>
#Junior Jackson told William Branham a dream in 1962 <ref> Reproach for the Cause of the Word, 12-23-62</ref> of William Branham taking the top off of a pyramid mountain and exposing white rock.  William Branham often relays this dream when speaking about the Angels coming to meet him. Sunset Peak, which looks like a pyramid from the east, is located on the east ridge of the Galiuro Mountains in the Coronado National Forest.
#In the book of Daniel, the Angel Gabriel was caught for 21 days fighting with the Prince of Persia before he appeared to Daniel.  Perhaps these angels were caught for a few days between Flagstaff and Sunset.
#In 1955, William Branham said that based on his personal vision of Jesus Christ, that Hofmann’s head of “Christ at thirty-three” was the most accurate painting of Jesus that he had ever seen. <ref> In the sermon “How the Angel Came to Me” (January 17, 1955)</ref>  Nelson Rockerfeller, the son of the man who had purchased this painting of Jesus from Hofmann, appears on the front cover of the May 1963 Life Magazine. #William Branham discovered that the inverse of this picture fits into the circle of the cloud <ref>“Rising of the Sun” (April 18, 1965)</ref> like white wig over a judge.  Behind the picture of the cloud in the May issue of Life Magazine was a picture of a moon rainbow.  When held to the light, it is reminiscent of Revelation 10:1 which says, And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head” 


==The Second Cloud==
==The Second Cloud==
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Questions have also been raised about a second cloud accompanying the cloud.  The second cloud is noted in the Life Magazine (and some other scientific reports),  and appears in a smaller photograph off to the north-west.  
Questions have also been raised about a second cloud accompanying the cloud.  The second cloud is noted in the Life Magazine (and some other scientific reports),  and appears in a smaller photograph off to the north-west.  


While this does present an issue for the Thor rocket explanation (although not insurmountable), it also presents a serious problem for those arguing for a supernatural explanation.  Were there 2 sets of angels?  Why didn't William Branham mention the second cloud if he was standing right underneath it?
This second cloud presents a serious problem for those arguing for a supernatural explanation: were there 2 sets of angels?  Why didn't William Branham mention the second cloud if he was standing right underneath it?


==Problems with the Spiritual Interpretation==
==Problems with the Spiritual Interpretation==
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##The statement occurs nowhere in the tapes, so cannot be verified.  Is this something that a message believer simply made up to explain the time problem?
##The statement occurs nowhere in the tapes, so cannot be verified.  Is this something that a message believer simply made up to explain the time problem?
##William Branham stated that the Cloud was formed when the angels left.  This does not agree with the theory that the Cloud was formed when they arrived.
##William Branham stated that the Cloud was formed when the angels left.  This does not agree with the theory that the Cloud was formed when they arrived.
##If there was a face in the Cloud, why was it looking towards Las Vegas?


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