[Candor7]

Why is that a surprise. No noats or aircraft were iin the immediate vicinity of the launch, they were warned away by a surface and air NOTAM. .You can see it on several of the other threads.

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A Notam was put out for that area for 20:00 yesterday.

NOTAM for LA. KZLA LOS ANGELES A2832/10 – THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS ARE REQUIRED DUE TO NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION ACTIVATION OF W537. IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, ALL NON-PARTICIPATING PILOTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID W537. IFR TRAFFIC UNDER ATC JURISDICTION SHOULD ANTICIPATE CLEARANCE AROUND W537 AND CAE 1176. CAE 1155 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. CAE 1316 & CAE 1318 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. CAE 1177 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. W537 ACTIVE, CAE 1176 CLOSED. SURFACE – FL390, 09 NOV 20:00 2010 UNTIL 10 NOV 01:00 2010. CREATED: 08 NOV 20:52 2010

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[mad_as_he$$]

From what I've read there were no warnings on the day in question for that area. Have you ever been to Catalina? There are hundreds if not thousands of boats in the LA area at any given reasonably good day. Not to mention large cargo ships with good radar and recording devices.

[Tommyjo]

That NOTAM is not for the event in question. The dates don’t cover the 8th. Also check the height Flight Level 39,000 feet.
Ballistic missiles don’t suddenly stop at that height!