As another said:
Vertical smoke trail? Missle shot. Look at the relative light reflection off of the exhaust trail, it remains constant, indicating a near vertical trajectory.
Condensation, as in CONtrail, has nothing to do with it.
I looked at that thing and in one heartbeat said Missile shot from Vandenberg.
I don’t “want it to be a missile”. It just is, and the Editor of Jane’s Missile and Rockets magazine agrees with that idea;
if he is not an expert who is???
What I hate is the government lying to me. Again.
Prove your thesis.