Fits with your point about the DoD being all kinds of crazy if they suspected it was an actual event they had no hand in.
As usual the low quality of video and unreliability of eye-witnesses are going to make this way more crazy than it needs to be, regardless of the actual eventual outcome.
http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-los-angeles/missile-launc...
Fits with your point about the DoD being all kinds of crazy if they suspected it was an actual event they had no hand in.
As usual the low quality of video and unreliability of eye-witnesses are going to make this way more crazy than it needs to be, regardless of the actual eventual outcome.
EDIT: A better explanation with historical pictures: http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/thinking-tech/the...