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First things first. How about a five-word answer to the questions in the post?

The missile shot was heading northwest. It wasn't going over L.A.m it was heading away. It's safe to say that the vast majority of So Cal folks in the sightline of VAFB missile shots and San Nicolas shots don't notice them. Remember, too, that there are areas in the L.A. - O.C. county metropolis that aren't in much line-of-vision for missile launches and never see much of them at all but the tail end if they're lucky. Some of us, on the other hand, who've lived in direct line of sight not only notice them but love watching them with binocs when possible because they're so very, very cool to witness. Generally we're the kind of people who will grab binocs to look at any object in the sky that looks interesting or unusual.

That no other witnesses' testimony has been made public on broadcast media is easy for me to believe -- super easy, actually. On the other hand, that a sky-roving cameraman with 11 years' local experience and aided by professional zoom lenses confused an airliner contrail with a missile launch plume, is beyond the realm of believability.

Now: how about that five-word answer?

It's safe to say that the vast majority of So Cal folks in the sightline of VAFB missile shots and San Nicolas shots don't notice them. Remember, too, that there are areas in the L.A. - O.C. county metropolis that aren't in much line-of-vision for missile launches and never see much of them at all but the tail end if they're lucky.

But you said that the SKIES around LA are busy. No one else in a plane or boat noticed the "missile launch" either?

That no other witnesses' testimony has been made public on broadcast media is easy for me to believe -- super easy, actually.

Is it easy for you to belief that their testimony has also been censored from the Internet?

Now: how about that five-word answer?

I have already said that a whole roomful of air force pilots could be wrong about this if they weren't there and have no other hard data than a picture. Likewise to anyone who answers yes to all of your five questions.