The pentagon and government officials can't explain a mysterious plume of smoke shot by a southern California news crew, which was believed to be a missle launch off the coast of California.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/09/cal...ex.html?hpt=T2
Of course, at least one report by MSNBC TV (web report found here) is telling us what we saw was nothing more than an optical illusion and it's just a normal plane's contrail.
This could in fact all be an 'optical illusion,' but it reminds me of Hitler's propaganda mantra: tell a lie. Tell a really big lie and hide it out in the open.