[DoorGunner]

My personal opinion, as someone who has observed “thousands” of contrails.

Unless the TV footage was deliberately speeded up, this could not possibly be a commercial jet contrail.

Jet contrails are white (ice crystals) are not nearly as thick, and, if blown by wind, tend to dissipate rapidly.

Furthermore, you can usually clearly see one distinct plume from each engine. IF this is a jet, it is a deliberate hoax.

DG

[Brian Kopp DPM]

The contrail in question is on the left in this photo, which was taken by a photographer on Hermosa Beach, north of Leyvas and Warren:

[TXnMA]

That is "illusion of speed" caused while the photographer is rapidly zooming in from a X-wide shot to a X-Long shot -- including a "focal length 'doubler'".

Doublers increase image size through "empty magnification": they spread the image out over a wide area -- leaving only a small section of image to cover the entire film frame (or digital image sensor). It appears much larger -- but actually reduces resolution by a factor of 4 (for a 2X doubler). No wonder Leyvas could not see the A.C (or "missile") -- he killed his lens' sharpness by using that doubler.

I have several K$ of Nikon 35mm gear. The only time I will use one of my "doublers" is when I MUST fill the frame of a color slide. Otherwise, I get better sharpness by enlarging the image while printing.

TANSTAAFL!