Dr, Kopp: are you reporting that Gil said he only had the object that separated from the "plume" in view for only 2-3 mnutes?
Or, or you implying that his entire taped sequence was only 2-3 minutes in duration?
Thank you for having the initiative to contact Leyvas directly, and for sharing his comment with us -- and TIA for helping clear up the above question!
Gil said the object creating the contrail was in view for 2 to 3 minutes then was no longer in view. He took ten minutes of video total, and the contrail was in view for an additional ten minutes. He does not have any time stamps from the video, as the video does not record time stamps, so his memory of how long the object was in view is subjective. On the other hand, Rick Warren’s photos do have time stamps, and on those photos, the object was in view over four minutes.
That would seemingly rule out a missile, in my opinion.
That is something I am continuing to discuss with Gil in subsequent email exchanges, and we are comparing his video with Rick Warren’s photos to see if we can determine if and where they overlap to arrive at a better more objective total time estimate the object remained in view.