[D-fendr]

Norad says it ain't a foreign missile or threat:

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, issued a statement jointly with the U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, saying that the contrail was not the result of a foreign military launching a missile. It provided no further details.

"We can confirm that there is no threat to our nation, and from all indications this was not a launch by a foreign military," the statement said.

My money is on a contrail, the source for info was posted earlier on this thread. I'll repost my synopsis in favor of contrail.

Missile launch:

Jet contrail off CA coast last year (Mistaken for missile at the time.):

This event:

[BushCountry]

You captured the wrong frame. Do a capture of a closeup that shows a bright orange light ahead of the smoke. Jets do not shoot fire without their after burners engaged. Also, if it was a jet why don’t they know from flight plans and time?

It doesn’t make any sense.

[TigersEye]

I think we can all agree that video from yesterday shows a vehicle moving from east to west away from the CA coast. If it was an aircraft leaving a contrail how is it that the first part of the contrail appears to originate in the west on the horizon? Wouldn’t the contrail of an aircraft leaving the CONUS originate over land to the east of the coast?