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What do you mean when you say "a flash from above camera range".

Above the field of view.
As I remember it was a very short tape, shot from a fixed position, maybe a tripod, FOV centered on the horizon.
Cocktail chatter at first, people moving about, then the missle track up from the sea, the flash above, then peoples reaction, rushing to the railing etc.
I saw the loop played a couple of different times late on the night of the incident. Millions of us must have, - as it was either CNN or a major network that played it. I'm surprized you've never heard of it, considering all the controversy surrounding eyewitness accounts from shore being ignored.