Jet contrail off CA coast last year (Mistaken for missile at the time.):
This event:
Could very well be a jet, maybe an experimental one.
They sure do look similar. But how do we know for sure that the image last year wasn’t also a missile test?
Thank you both for your input and visuals.
You’ll both now be attacked and ridiculed for trying to calm the herd. I think, as often happens, the officials who are chiming in on this are doing so clumsily. It adds to the speculation and can make a non-event look like something being covered up or mismanaged.
Occam’s Razor is effective about 99% of the time when hard facts are yet to be established. It does not make sense that the United States would launch a ballistic missile without official declarations of a test or exercise. It certainly does not make sense that a foreign country or private enterprise would do so without a very clear reaction from the government and military. It does make sense that a CBS camera crew would capture an image at a certain angle and misinterpret it. Then, when pressing for answers about something they are misinterpreting, the press reports back what sound like evasive or inadequate answers from officials.
I think it is possible that this something interesting, and more information may appear that confirms that. But I think it is far more likely that this is simply an optical illusion that understandably caused some confusion and alarm.
Remember that this is basically how the UFO movement keeps chugging along. Something is seen that looks odd, no immediate explanation can be found, officials state the fact that there’s a perfectly natural explanation... and many conclude that there is now evidence of alien craft and a government cover-up.
In the contrail photo, the jet is approaching.
In the missile video, the missile appears to be receding off to the NW...