The reason I ask is that these parameters all together can create an illusion. What gets me is my 20 years watching never got so vertical. I’m not in the argument of what it looks like as much as the fact it took 24 hours for the FAA to come around.
It was a snippet from a helicopter and using telescopic lens.
Where is the video from on the ground, either head on, or n or s of LA? Whenever they have a launch at VAFB there are tons and tons of pics from all over S. California. The exhaust trail has even been seen from Phoenix, I have seen launch exhaust from Phoenix.
Where is the ionized gas cloud?