[TXnMA]

"You're right. I don't know about anyone else's universe...but in mine, if that were a vertical smoke column at sunset the lower (dispersed) part would be dark while the higher part would be in light. Now, if it were a horizontal contrail of a plane headed east... The westernmost dispersed part would be brightly lit, while the easternmost part would be headed into shadow"

So -- my simplistic graphic that I posted in # 171 pretty well agrees with "your universe" -- right?

[ThunderSleeps]

So -- my simplistic graphic that I posted in # 171 pretty well agrees with "your universe" -- right?

Yep... That shot from the video was one of the first things I noticed that made me think the CBS take on it was some kind of bogus sensationalism.

Another is the lack of visible flame plume. As others have pointed out in this thread (and I did in a previous) - if this was a missile in boost, there would be a large, un-mistakable and too-bright-to-miss flame plume at the tip. Google/youtube launches of Tridents, or any modest to large missile or SLV and you'll see what's missing from CBS's fantasy.