I finally saw the video last night. Several times.
It is a simple aircraft contrail. Contrails are a “hobby” of mine. I’ve seen lots like this one. The stills REALLY look like a contrail, and the video even confirms it. You can even see the sun shining off the bottom of the plane. Evening contrails are usually the prettiest.
I’ve also seen planes shining like that with no contrail. They are harder to spot, for obvious reasons.
The only puzzling thing about this is that early reports suggest that someone in an official government capacity was claiming something was launched 35 miles off the coast. That is the part of this story that is “odd”.
Unless it was a very unusual day why there was only one airplane in the air off the coast of LA pulling a con? Where are the other cons in this very, very busy airspace?
I lived in an apartment over looking Point Fermin and Long Beach Harbor and have seen many contrails like this one.
I was perhaps 100 feet above sea level and could see the outline of Catalina Island on the horizon which was 26 miles from where I was.
When I saw the 35 mile reference, I assumed that was the distance to the horizon from the altitude the Helicopter was flying - where the contrail appeared to be emerging from the surface. Part of the illusion.
I saw a few beaut contrails the other day over the South Bay..
the one photo of the trail in question that appears to start at a horizon or close to it, shows a plume that takes a distinct bend to the right, maybe a 30-45 degree adjustment, shortly after it rises into view and then veers right.. not sure how a contrail might do that..
Rush just mentioned and he expressed confidence that it was not an aircraft contrail.
We must not be looking at the same video. i never seen sparks come off planes except when the concord blew up.
I don`t care what the Pentagon claims. That was NOT a plane contrail.