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That comes entirely down to believing that the DoD has told the complete truth.

No it doesn't, that's another question. WND is using what the DOD has said as evidence of WND's assertions - when it is just the opposite. That's what is dishonest about the article. The facts they report don't support the editorial assertions they make about what the DoD has said.

They haven’t released a single thing to back up their position.

There position is they didn't launch any missiles in the area at the time and every agency that could have was checked with the same result. In addition the FAA and NORAD see no evidence of a anything odd on radar or any foreign launch respectively.

Nothing was launched. What do you have in mind that they should or could to would "back up their position"?

Geez... I simply cannot believe that this story still has any legs. It ought to be clue enough that when WND is the only source still willing to carry the water in some conspiracy theory... you’re done. It’s over.

Really, people. It’s time to let go of this one. It didn’t work out.

The facts they report don't support the editorial assertions they make about what the DoD has said.

They don't support that absolute statement they made that none of the questions they asked were answered but they made a good case that the answers were first made without really knowing all the relevant info necessary to give an informed answer...

"But Ditchey referred only to the NGA warning notice which he wasn't aware of until it was brought to his attention."

...and that the answers were very parsed in a way that gives the DoD a lot of plausible deniability...

"All DOD entities with rocket and missile programs reported no launches, scheduled or inadvertent, during the time period in the area of the reported contrail," Ditchey said.
"In addition, the FAA ran radar replays from Monday afternoon (of Nov. 8) of a large area west of Los Angeles," he added. "Those replays did not reveal anything unusual. The FAA also did not receive reports of any unusual sightings from pilots who were flying in the area Monday afternoon."
But Ditchey referred only to the NGA warning notice which he wasn't aware of until it was brought to his attention. In addition, he would not address the fact that the NGA had issued the warning at the request of the Naval Air Warfare Center Sea Range at Point Mugu, even though he was informed of that development."

It very much does come down to accepting the statements given by the DoD.