Our Lord made us with brains, and His Word teaches us to use discernment.
If want me (not the government) to discuss a missile launch, you'll have to provide something other than third party hearsay -- or, I'm done with the subject.
In fact, it's off-topic on this thread. Why not start your own thread on the subject?
In one of the first false-alarm threads there were a couple reports of seeing an explosion that we assumed was an intercept. If you always look for the first thread, anecdotes usually surface there before sliding down the memory hole.
The subject is whether our government lies to us. Creates their own story. For you to deny first hand observations by some and not by others is hypocritical. Our government is a proven liar on some incidents by your own research Why should be believe them completely on other? Witness observation is not hearsay.