Very interesting information. Thanks for replying. You’re obviously a lot more savvy about this than I. I just try to use common sense. If I understand what you are saying correctly, if the flight would normally be over Catalina at 4:45pm, then it should have already been well over the city by 5:15 when the footage was filmed, but since the NOTAM was in effect, it was unlikely the flight was anywhere in the area? I find it interesting that the NOTAM was issued and then the gov’t denies there was anything going on in the area.
Another thing I find interesting: I believe I read that the helicopter was in the Santa Monica or Palisades area when the film was made. If the photographer was looking south/southwest towards Catalina and the object flew almost vertical and then veered to the right as in the film, then that confirms the photographers account that the object flew to the northwest.
That is all I am doing. When I saw the video I knew it was a missile immediately. Since then everything I have picked up has been from hours of reading threads and linked source material. Separate the wheat from the chaff.
If the photographer was looking south/southwest towards Catalina and the object flew almost vertical and then veered to the right as in the film, then that confirms the photographers account that the object flew to the northwest.
That is one aspect of the video that was clear to me from the first viewing. It's headed away. Some don't think it's possible to have an accurate idea how fast it was traveling either from the small snippets of video and with the changing zoom levels. I do.