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Depends on what you mean by "missile". For a while during my Army career I was in a platoon that had custody of NUCLEAR MISSILES, and before they let you near that stuff they trained you in many arcane sciences.

So, how many nuclear missiles have you stood guard over?

Here's a clue for you on how to look at the "pyramid". If you think the base of the pyramid is close to you and the apex is far away, you might well think "Hey, it's a missile". However, if you think the base of the pyramid is far away and the apex is quite close, you might well think "Hey, it's an airplane coming right over head".

We actually have people who imagine that the base disappearing over the horizon (which is 35, 42 or 62 mile away depending on the height of the observation) is actually ON THE GROUND or ON A MISSILE launch platform of some sort ~ maybe a submarine.

Using nothing more than Egyptian trigonometry and modern notation, I was able to establish that the BASE, no matter how you looked at it, was FAR LARGER than can reasonably be expected from even our largest missiles. Recasting the requirements and redoing the computations (on a modern digital computer of the finest manufacture) I established that the engine array had to be about 1.5 Km wide to produce the contrail observed.

If we but accept that it was an airplane and the wind was sufficient to blow the contrail around, we can get something that wide quite easily.

Remember, a missile is going to be only seconds away from the launch program at the time of filming. Flight time for an airplane is sufficient to allow for wind to do its work, but flight time for a missile isn't.

Now, show me your numbers.

How about your five-word answer? You haven't shown me that yet.

I am asbolutely unqualified to show you numbers because I'm not a mathematician nor do I do mathematical caluculations. I know for a fact that folks who DO mathematical calculations have been known to "prove" the impossibility of something right in front of them. Folks who "do the math" did their best to prevent the building of a structure designed by someone close to me, on the premise that it would fall down. The structure ended up being built as per its original "impossible" perameters and has been standing now for about 15 years. :^)

I AM pretty experienced in seeing missile plumes as well as contrails left by jets. I did not see the event in question live because it was behind hills for me where I life presently. But I did see the video, I did see contrail science arguments, and I know what can fool people and what can't.

I've responded to your challenge with honesty. Now, how about your five-word answer to the questions posed in my post #803?