[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.

[D-fendr]

Here’s the video that has the most close up (enlarged) view that I’ve found:

http://www.necn.com/11/09/10/Mysterious-missile-launched-off-Californ/landing_scitech.html?blockID=348833&feedID=4213

I don’t see fire at all.

Here’s the flight path of one jet that’s been offered as a possibility as far as direction and time:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE808/history/20101108/1955Z/PHNL/KPHX