It looks like a jet contrail, but that’d have to be one hell of an optical illusion to make it appear at that angle. It would not be difficult, given the exact time this was spotted, to correlate it with high-altitude air traffic in the area and see if something was coming through.
Interestingly, the Los Angeles ARTCC (Air Route Traffic Control Center) did apparently have a Notice to Airmen closing a portion of offshore airspace. I can’t vouch for this, but it was posted on that San Francisco CBS link that’s in this thread:
KZLA LOS ANGELES (ARTCC)PALMDALE, CA.
A2832/10 NOTAMN A) KZLA B) 1011092000 C) 1011100100
E) 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.
F) SURFACE G) FL390
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Former Deputy Sec. claims it was a missile...
“It’s spectacular. It takes people’s breath away,” former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Ellsworth told the station after viewing the video. Ellsworth could offer little in the way of speculation about the projectile’s origins, beyond supposing that it looked to be an American show of force, but he did classify it as “a big missile.” Various reports say that the missile was launched roughly 35 miles out to sea, west of L.A. and north of Catalina Island.
They cut this part off. This notice was issued AFTER the launch took place.
09 NOV 20:00 2010 UNTIL 10 NOV 01:00 2010. CREATED: 08 NOV 20:52 201”