[JBR34]

There’s an easy way to find out if the Military was involved.

Go back to the air traffic tapes from yesterday and see if ATC moved the aircraft around the Zone. That’s normal operating proceedure.

They don’t want to put an intercontinental missile near a commerical aircraft filled with pax.

If the air traffic is normal then we have a problem.

[fireforeffect]

There was a NOTAM published for this area at the time of the launch.

As has been noted on the many previous postings of this story.

[IYAS9YAS]

If the air traffic is normal then we have a problem.

Another poster mentioned on an earlier thread that one indicator of friend or foe would be military (Naval) activity in and around the area and time. Heavy activity afterward would likely indicate foe.

[AntiKev]

Read that the reporters couldn't find a NOTAM if it was faxed to them. Saw a copy of the NOTAM on another site. I'll dig it up:

NOTAM for LA. KZLA LOS ANGELES A2832/10 - THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS ARE REQUIRED DUE TO NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION ACTIVATION OF W537. IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, ALL NON-PARTICIPATING PILOTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID W537. IFR TRAFFIC UNDER ATC JURISDICTION SHOULD ANTICIPATE CLEARANCE AROUND W537 AND CAE 1176. CAE 1155 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. CAE 1316 & CAE 1318 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. CAE 1177 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION. W537 ACTIVE, CAE 1176 CLOSED. SURFACE - FL390, 09 NOV 20:00 2010 UNTIL 10 NOV 01:00 2010. CREATED: 08 NOV 20:52 201

From: here.

That source doesn't see how the missile was launched into W537, but it was close enough that I think its plausible.