[mvpel]

Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean that one hasn't been produced. Folks have even found a GOES weather satellite image of the contrail.

Here's another photo of the same flight the following day:

Here's a photo of a December 31, 2009 contrail:

Here's a page showing the creation and wind-spreading of a VAFB missile launch. Note that the higher winds aloft spread out the upper section of the contrail more quickly than the lower sections, exactly the opposite of the LA contrail.

[Tolsti2]

The more these types see those pictures, the more it’ll make them convinced that ‘this time it’s different’ even though they are nearly identical. True believers and all that, it’s an unpleasant sight.

[Ronald_Magnus]

I wonder how many people here would believe this photo, (taken on 12/31/2009), is that of a missile launch.

[justa-hairyape]

Folks have even found a GOES weather satellite image of the contrail.

How in the world do they know that contrail was the same one in that video ? We do not know the exact position of the rocket launch or original contrail.

Here's another photo of the same flight the following day:

Image is useless for determining detailed lighting of the contrail/plume. Too distant. You can take a guess on the lightning effects, but not enough detail is available. We have a closeup up high res video of the original contrail/plume.

Here's a photo of a December 31, 2009 contrail:

Another image of a different event. We do not know what that event was. People speculated plane, but no confirmation either way. There is more detail in that image though. Would like a more detailed closeup image, but the lighting effects appear to be from a plane contrail. So December 31st was a plane, November 8th was a rocket.

If you want I can show you a more detailed analysis as to why.