[Cicero]

Well, I couldn’t tell much from the still photos, but I watched the video and read most of the reports.

It sure looked like a solid fuel booster to me. And since it came right up from the open ocean, miles from the nearest land, the likeliest source was a sub.

And since this is the kind of thing the Chinese navy has been doing in recent years, like that sub that surfaced in the middle of the fleet commanded by Admiral Mullen, my best guess is that the sub was Chinese.

Farah is not totally reliable. But I think he’s right on this one.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Well, I couldn’t tell much from the still photos, but I watched the video and read most of the reports.

I saw it in person on Monday night. On Tuesday night, there was another one in the exact same spot in the sky at the exact same time as Monday nights.

Weird. It was almost like they were scheduled flights or something. ;-)

Here's the link to Tuesday's contrail. Somehow, that one didn't make it to Tuesday's SeeBS News broadcast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJi2L4QC_fk

First, the SeeBS News broadcast from Monday night didn't give any perspective on how fast it was moving across the sky. I've see ICBM launches from Vandenberg AFB. This was much slower. It moved across the sky at the same speed as an airliner.

Second, the contrail didn't last as long as those from the ICBMs. When an ICBM launches the smoke trail lasts for hours and is visible even after dark. This one dissipated pretty quickly and once the sun went down it was no longer visible.

Third, the so-called exhaust flare was nothing more than the light from the setting sun reflecting off the belly of the jet. You can't tell this from the SeeBS News video because they were slightly out of focus.

In reality, it was an optical illusion caused by the relative humidity, season, time of day and the time the airliners flew over the area.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

And since it came right up from the open ocean, miles from the nearest land, the likeliest source was a sub

I meant to add that the distance from L.A. was estimated to be 35 miles, which, coincidentally, is the exact same distance the horizon is when one is at sea-level.