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Thanks for the information. Have not been on this particular thread for awhile. What this really means is that we have to have absolute confirmation as to just what this event was. Could not be a launch from Pt. Mugu, since it was first seen 35 miles southwest of Los Angeles. So that leaves four possibilities. Unknown launch from San Nicholas (testing for another country or super secret project). Sub Launch from Southwest of Los Angeles (US or Foreign). Or a plane that fooled a heck of a lot of experts. Notice that a new thread about a sat image was started. Will check that out later tonight.

Why did NASA stop making the Black Brant IX rocket launches public ? Anyone have the specs on that rocket and some plume images ? We did just get non-official confirmation of where the Airborne Laser test rockets where fired from. All I knew before was somewhere off the So Cal coast. Just assumed San Nicholas. Safest point to launch from. I guess it might be a good idea for them to make those test launches public in the future, so we dont mistake any of those for incoming. Of course they might be trying to mask the test firing and results from the enemy spies we no doubt have all along our coast.

San Clemente Island has had many launches in the past and it is in the area. I first posted on the sat images but have heard nothing substantial about them other than they are interesting.

A source/expert on rocket/jet emissions has me convinced that it is not a contrail, but a plume, because of the single point exhaust unity and lateral expansion of the gases. Also, the trajectory is upward and to the west.