Well, it was reported that the guy stayed on the object for around ten minutes. So surely there would be at least some shots of the lingering smoke plume? Why would he stop filming as the object was still spewing smoke?
“Gonna be chopped up quite a bit.”
I can see editing for a news report. But editing from only a little bit of what was filmed? With no shots of the object after the boost stages? Why release a video and call it “raw” when it was edited?
Freegards
11/8/2010
17:07:57 General Aviation 3,600 Feet Appears Los Angeles Harbor Reported as plane. Hardly moving. Just turning. Cessna or Helicopter.
17:08:56 General Aviation 3,800 Feet Still over Los Angeles Harbor Must be Helicopter. Very slight horizontal movement to East.
17:09:57 General Aviation 3,900 Feet Still over Los Angeles Harbor Very slight horizontal movement to West.
17:10:58 General Aviation 4,700 Feet Still over Los Angeles Harbor Almost no horizontal movement. Either Helicopter or Goodyear Blimp :>
17:11:00 General Aviation 3,800 Feet Still over Los Angeles Harbor Quick sudden drop in Altitude.
17:11:21 Drops off Display. Gone.
17:11:48 General Aviation 4,000 Feet Appears over Los Angeles Harbor Moved just a little south.
17:12:27 General Aviation 2,600 Feet Still over Los Angeles Harbor Sudden drop. Almost no horizontal movement.
17:12:50 General Aviation 3,700 Feet Still over Los Angeles Harbor Climbed and moved a little to east-northeast.
17:13:45 General Aviation 3,100 Feet Now south Long Beach Harbor Had moved slightly to east.
17:14:13 Drops off monitor.
Because most of the public viewership (of CBS at a minimum) are suckers, and will believe anything they broadcast. Because we don't believe that the NEWS would lie.
They've only been lying since Gutenberg invented the printing press.