I have seen ‘similar’ contrails when F-16 (from what used to be Carswell AFB) fly over my area. But I say only similar... I watched the video and sure seemed like a rocket to me.
Maybe the Government just doesn’t want to admit an accidental launching or even a rogue launching. ???
Your post reminded me of one of the aspects of this that may be confusing people: The video zoomed in on it.
I’ve actually used a 70 power telescope to watch airplanes create contrails. Sometimes they appear pretty close to the plane, and sometimes they don’t start until a ways behind the plane. But what is visually interesting when looking through a telescope, and in this video when it zooms in, is that you get a better grasp of just how fast the plane is going.
Sure, in the video it doesn’t move all that fast across the screen, but it still “seems” faster than most planes creating contrails appear to the naked eye.
I now see that a lot of visual elements to this story “conspire” to make people (yes, even “experts”) think this is a missile. But when one looks objectively at the footage and compares it to other missile launches and airplane contrails, it’s pretty obvious what this is.
Which is why the government has little to say. It’s just another plane coming back from Hawaii during a beautiful sunset.
>>>I have seen ‘similar’ contrails when F-16 (from what used to be Carswell AFB) fly over my area. <<<
LOL, I still remember almost being wiped out by an F-111 over Carswell as he did an overhead approach as I was flying across the base (scary)...
Close look at the video sure looks like single rocket engine to me. Plus, contrails don’t form right at the engine - exhaust has to cool and moisture freeze - gap seems to be missing, as it would with a solid fuel rocket.
But, what do I know...