Granted, if contrails that looked just like missiles! were even remotely common, you'd figure there's be plenty of footage by now. That said: the SUN alone will prevent such a duplicate "illusion." Elevation of the mountains and numbers of choppers and planes in the sky have zero relationship to the directional lighting cast by a west-setting sun on clouds, high-altitude airplane contrails, and missile plumes.
The angle of the sun -- very low and to the west -- tells the viewer that the object in the video is heading northwest. If it was a high altitude straight-and-level contrail, the BOTTOM of it would be illuminated by a sun below the horizon. Because it is a vertical plume veering northwest, the SIDE of it, which is heading AWAY from the viewpoint of the camera, is illuminated from below the horizon. The majority of the plume as seen in the video is in shadow because the sun is on the other side of it. Not beneath it, but on the other side of it. It's vertical, not horizontal.
While we’re talking optics, how did a guy manage to photgraph this SLBM five minutes after launch with a $900 Nikon and no telephoto gear?
Keep in mind that at that point the SLBM would be in outer space.
That was my point that you clearly were disputing above. lol...
The rest of your post appears to be....Well...lol
I base my opinion on many years of photographing and digitally imaging objects in the sky, here in S. CA. using a remote controlled, computer operated optical observatory.
How about you?