The projection of the rocket is straight up compared to their bogus story of a plane already being at high altitude leaving some kind of contrail.
Government con job!....and a very bad one at that!...Any four year old can figure that out!
A four year old would figure it out, then when he was a little older, maybe 10, he’d learn about perspective, and he’d realize a horizontal line, that is coming directly toward you, will look vertical.