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==The cloud== | ==The cloud== | ||
# | #At 1:02 AM on the morning of February 28, 1963, an Atlas rocket, codenamed "Pitch Pine", was launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. | ||
#A Nike-Zeus missile was launched a short time later which intercepted the Atlas rocket. | |||
#Later that same day, 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. | |||
#The rocket started to veer off course and was intentionally destroyed at an altitude of 44 kilometers (144,000 feet) at 1:52 pm. | #The rocket started to veer off course and was intentionally destroyed at an altitude of 44 kilometers (144,000 feet) at 1:52 pm. | ||
#The "cloud" appeared around sunset on February 28, 1963 and remained sunlit for 28 minutes after sunset. | #The "cloud" appeared around sunset on February 28, 1963 and remained sunlit for 28 minutes after sunset. | ||
#The "cloud" appeared near Flagstaff, AZ (referred to as the "Flagstaff Cloud" in this article). | #The "cloud" appeared near Flagstaff, AZ (referred to as the "Flagstaff Cloud" in this article). | ||
#The height of the Flagstaff Cloud was estimated to be approximately 43 kilometers (141,000 feet). | #The height of the Flagstaff Cloud was estimated to be approximately 43 kilometers (141,000 feet). | ||
#A second cloud was reported off to the northwest of the main cloud, with a shape very much like that of the main cloud, but only about a quarter as large. The correctness of these reports was established from photographic evidence. | |||
#No one recorded the wind speed on the day of the Thor explosion Vandenburg but the wind speed recorded by scientists at other times, according to Dr. Macdonald, was "tantalizingly close" to the required wind speed to get the Flagstaff Cloud from California to Flagstaff by sunset. | #No one recorded the wind speed on the day of the Thor explosion Vandenburg but the wind speed recorded by scientists at other times, according to Dr. Macdonald, was "tantalizingly close" to the required wind speed to get the Flagstaff Cloud from California to Flagstaff by sunset. | ||
==The hunting trip== | ==The hunting trip== | ||
#William Branham was in Tucson, AZ on February 28, 1963. | #William Branham was in Tucson, AZ on February 28, 1963. This has been [[Road to Sunset|confirmed by his daughter]]. | ||
#On March 3, 1963, William Branham drove from Tucson to Houston, TX. | #On March 3, 1963, William Branham drove from Tucson to Houston, TX. | ||
#On March 4, 1963, William Branham spoke in Houston (A Absolute, 63-0304). | #On March 4, 1963, William Branham spoke in Houston (A Absolute, 63-0304). | ||
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[[Image:AZRepMarch63SonicBoom 001.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | [[Image:AZRepMarch63SonicBoom 001.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
#Gene Norman was hunting with William Branham on Rattlesnake Mesa in early March of 1963. Regarding their trip, he stated, “''I hunted, oh, probably about a half hour, and that blast went off. It sounded like it was just right above my head. And, I looked up, and, I didn’t see nothing. Ah, yeah, I did, I seen something, but I didn’t see the cloud in the form that it shows in the picture. When I looked up I seen two long streaks like, ah, like a plane leaving a trail. Two streaks, with a great, miles one way and miles the other way. With a spot in between. A big spot, a space in between it.'' | #Gene Norman was hunting with William Branham on Rattlesnake Mesa in early March of 1963. Regarding their trip, he stated, “''I hunted, oh, probably about a half hour, and that blast went off. It sounded like it was just right above my head. And, I looked up, and, I didn’t see nothing. Ah, yeah, I did, I seen something, but I didn’t see the cloud in the form that it shows in the picture. When I looked up I seen two long streaks like, ah, like a plane leaving a trail. Two streaks, with a great, miles one way and miles the other way. With a spot in between. A big spot, a space in between it.'' | ||
#The March 1, 1963 edition of the Arizona Republic Newspaper includes an article called “Shaken Up By Sonic Booms”. This article tells of multiple sonic booms over the town of Springerville, Arizona that were being caused by aircraft from Williams Air Force Base (about 150 miles southwest of Springerville). Some of these booms were so loud they cracked windows in the town. Rattlesnake Mesa is about 88 miles southeast of the Williams AFB which a plane flying faster than the speed of sound could reach in under 7 minutes. | #The March 1, 1963 edition of the Arizona Republic Newspaper includes an article called “Shaken Up By Sonic Booms”. This article tells of multiple sonic booms over the town of Springerville, Arizona that were being caused by aircraft from Williams Air Force Base (about 150 miles southwest of Springerville). Some of these booms were so loud they cracked windows in the town. Rattlesnake Mesa is about 88 miles southeast of the Williams AFB which a plane flying faster than the speed of sound could reach in under 7 minutes. This proves that sonic booms caused by military jets were common in the the area. It also provides confirmation that what Gene Norman heard and saw was likely caused by military aircraft. | ||
= | =Reasonable conclusions which can be drawn from the facts= | ||
#William Branham did not prophesy the appearance of the cloud. | #William Branham did not prophesy the appearance of the cloud. | ||
#The cloud was so thin that it was only observable at sunset, when the sun illuminated the cloud as the sky was darkening. This explains why it only appeared at sunset. By the next day at sunset it would have dissipated. | #The cloud was so thin that it was only observable at sunset, when the sun illuminated the cloud as the sky was darkening. This explains why it only appeared at sunset. By the next day at sunset it would have dissipated. | ||
#No one actually measured the wind speed on the specific path that the cloud from the exploded rocket took. It was close to being the right speed a few hundred miles south, so it is reasonable to conclude that the windspeed was sufficient to move it to Flagstaff on Feb 28, 1963. | |||
#William Branham was in Tucson when the cloud appeared. He never indicated that he saw the cloud from Tucson. | #William Branham was in Tucson when the cloud appeared. He never indicated that he saw the cloud from Tucson. | ||
#William Branham nor his 2 companions saw the cloud while they were hunting at Rattlesnake Mesa | #William Branham nor his 2 companions saw the cloud while they were hunting at Rattlesnake Mesa | ||
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#William Branham was lying when he stated he saw the cloud while he was hunting. | #William Branham was lying when he stated he saw the cloud while he was hunting. | ||
=Evidence from the Branham Family= | |||
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