Because this 'view' of the 'trail' was only possible to see from 35 miles offshore, in a helicopter at several thousand feet of altitude. The Sunlight had to hit just right, and you had to be in the right spot, to see it. AND, you had to be able to ZOOM in.
The PILOT said he saw almost the same exact thing, a day or so previous to this videotape. There was an overseas flight that would have put it in exactly that area, and left such a 'trail' , the first time he saw it.
How come nobody that thinks it's a missile, will admit to or discuss this little detail???????
We do. Given altitude of helo and that of “aircraft” what is the distance.....
The PILOT has 11 years experience of observing, from helicipters, LA area skies including overseas flights AND missile launches. He knows from first-hand eyewitness experience, as do I and many others who've lived all our lives on the California coast almost entirely within 25 to 160 miles of VAFB launches, that launches -- some of them space satellite launches, and some of them defense missile test launches -- can for a brief stretch of days, weeks, or months happen at the same time and in the same place from night to night, week to week, every-other-daily, or some other routine schedule.
You live in the midwest. Why don't you tell me all about your experience with Ca coastal skies in a 160-mile radius of VAFB and include how many missile launches of any kind, anywhere, that you have seen first-hand.