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It is fairly obviously this was a SLBC launch - I've seen too many while in the Navy to doubt that in any way. You can clearly see the second-stage ignite near the end of the tape - and there would be a third stage, but normally not visible from earth. In no way was this a jet aircraft...

The questions: 'Who launched it?' - 'Why from 35-40 miles off Los Angeles?' and, 'Where was it targeted?' - I suspect will never be honestly answered by this government. Simply because those answers would have been made public hours ago, had government given the military clearance to reveal what they know, and they most certainly know much.

In other words this was 'Top Secret' from the beginning - or has been made so, because it was a blunder far too big to make public - until they can come up with a believable half-truth, or an outright lie.

I opt for the second probability - or what seems to be a third option playing out currently - plead ignorance, and hope the story fades away.

Bottom line, you can not trust this government... media or, increasingly, military leadership.