[Finny]

Have you asked Gil if he thinks there was any possibility that what he filmed was an airliner leaving an overhead contrail?

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Here are his exact words: “I’m still not sure what the object is, jet or missile or for that matter, something else.”

[justa-hairyape]

According to a report, the CBS managers decided the following morning after they aired the video, that they would stop saying it was a missile and would accept the plane theory. The main reason cited was that the plane theory was the only one that could be easily explained. Apparently that was a managerial decision.

Found that information in a second hand news report published on the web.