[CALawyer]

Agreed - another piece from a nut job website that does not do conservatives any favors.

In looking at the flight tracking data, it was IMO probably a UPS MD-11 from Hawaii to Ontario, California. Given its altitude, the plane was still far west of Catalina Island when the video and photos were shot at around 5:15 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. US Air Flight 808 was directly over Catalina shortly after 5:00 p.m. and would have probably been in the vicinity of Palm Springs by that time.

Since the “missile” was heading east, where did it land??

[muawiyah]

Planes vary from their schedules depending on the wind and unanticipated traffic. Having flown enough (several million miles) I know that you can't count on airline arrival times ~ that's why they focus on departure times as a way to evaluate performance.

It's not even worth wearing a watch ~~ it'll just make you anxious.

[doorgunner69]

Since the “missile” was heading east, where did it land??

Ontario airport.....;-)

I looked at www.passur.com for 11/8, backtarcked to the right time, and there is UPS902. And guess what? It makes a small turn to the right as it descends. And lo and behold, if you watch the video, you see the plane turn and the contrail vanish as it drops down in altitude.

It is so damn easy to work through this, and now idiots are claiming "no record of any flights" to prop up their missile conspiracy ideas. Unbelievable......

[TigersEye]

In looking at the flight tracking data, it was IMO probably a UPS MD-11 from Hawaii to Ontario, California. Given its altitude, the plane was still far west of Catalina Island when the video and photos were shot at around 5:15 p.m. to 5:20 p.m.

UPS902 was over Catalina Island at 17:31:33. Its altitude was ~ 30,000 feet. It was 35 miles south of Long Beach at 17:33:01. Altitude ~ 29,000 feet. It was then 20 miles south of Costa Mesa at 17:34:29 at ~ 29,000 feet.

Data gathered from Airport Monitor Bob Hope Airport