Could you find out for me if that aircraft's engines have afterburners. Until then I’m calling bullshit on this “exhaustive investigation”.
Oh and don't anyone even bother replying with the sunlight reflecting off the fuselage BS.
What makes you so sure?
Sunset was at 4:54 PM PST in Los Angeles on 2010-11-08. This video was shot at 5:15 PM PST. That means the sun was below the horizon from the camera's point of view, but not necessarily from the aircraft's point of view.
A reflection from a sun near the horizon would have the same orange color as a flame, due to the particulate matter in the atmosphere near the surface. And it would flicker like a flame, due to variances in the atmosphere, the irregularities in the surface of the aircraft, and/or maneuvering by the aircraft.
Reflections off satellites look like stars to the uninformed. You don't think that a reflection off an aircraft could be mistaken for something else?