This amazing sight was caught on tape by a local KCBS News helicopter Cameraman.
The following story about this event aired November 9, 2010, and was presented by CBS News through Good Morning America's Harry Smith and reported by CBS News National Security Correspondent, David Martin. It features the actual edited footage of the event (the uncut footage is said to be 10-minutes long!).
Mr. Martin starts-off by making it clear the Pentagon said they "still didn't know what it was" but then said "except, it wasn't a missile fired by the U.S. or another country". Skeptically, he then remarks "the video of, what looks for all the world, like the contrail of a missile...was shot...over Los Angeles" The story goes on: both Navy and Air force indicated they had not launched any missiles. Mr. Martin quotes the North American Air Defense Command as stating that it had not been fired by "any other military". Again, an incredulous David Martin states "but nobody could say what it was".
The North American Air Defense Command further stated the object was not a missile because it didn't "travel fast enough" nor "have a big enough exhaust plume to be a military missile".
The comparison of the object, constant in CBS News' coverage, is to a missile. In fact, the phenomenon has been dubbed "Mystery Missile". The segment ends with an interesting exchange between Harry Smith and David Martin. Martin comments "The best guess now, Harry, is that it's either an airliner or an amateur rocket, but we may never know for certain." Smith then pointed to comments indicating the importance of the "perspective" or "angle" between the helicopter and the object. (These types of arguments promote the idea the contrail is from a jetliner.) Smith then asks "is there any scuttlebutt consensus around the Pentagon"? Martin replies "scuttlebutt says airplane, but nobody is willing to make a definitive statement because they just don't have the data to prove it was an airplane. Finally, Martin sarcastically sums it all up: "they have the data to demonstrate that it was not a missile, but they can't prove what it was". This cracks Harry up.
CBS News' tone throughout the story is, curiously, a tad derisive. The implication being: The Military should have known about this-but didn't. And if they did, they're covering it up stupidly. But the Military may be only be a bit-player in this saga. Stay tuned.
The North American Air Defense Command further stated the object was not a missile because it didn't "travel fast enough" nor "have a big enough exhaust plume to be a military missile".
The comparison of the object, constant in CBS News' coverage, is to a missile. In fact, the phenomenon has been dubbed "Mystery Missile". The segment ends with an interesting exchange between Harry Smith and David Martin. Martin comments "The best guess now, Harry, is that it's either an airliner or an amateur rocket, but we may never know for certain." Smith then pointed to comments indicating the importance of the "perspective" or "angle" between the helicopter and the object. (These types of arguments promote the idea the contrail is from a jetliner.) Smith then asks "is there any scuttlebutt consensus around the Pentagon"? Martin replies "scuttlebutt says airplane, but nobody is willing to make a definitive statement because they just don't have the data to prove it was an airplane. Finally, Martin sarcastically sums it all up: "they have the data to demonstrate that it was not a missile, but they can't prove what it was". This cracks Harry up.
CBS News' tone throughout the story is, curiously, a tad derisive. The implication being: The Military should have known about this-but didn't. And if they did, they're covering it up stupidly. But the Military may be only be a bit-player in this saga. Stay tuned.
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