Webcam shot off CA coast about the same time the next day:
The point is not whether this is the same plane, but that the illusion is quite a likely explanation. The KCBS camera man said he saw the same thing the week before he shot his infamous video. It looked more spectacular this time so he called it in.
The photo I posted earlier that you thought was not a plane either was shot off California a year earlier.
This effect of contrails has been seen and photographed a great many times. "It doesn't look like a plane" or "it looks like a rocket" is true, but the illusion is not all that rare. You have to go beyond this to have solid proof that it is a missile and not the contrail at sunset illusion.
If we don't, and we say the government lying about it, we only damage credibility in calling the government on it when they do lie. You have to pick your shots and be sure when you do. This one, IMHO, doesn't qualify.
Thanks for your reply.