>>>>>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/09/national/main7036716.shtml
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>>>>It is latest brand of Chineese fireworks called -Yang - Per- Shing
>>>>Nothing to worry about; they are completely harmless to the people;
>>>>They go after satellites.
>>>>Now how did they launch it off the coast of CA is complete mystery {g}
>>>
>>>It's some local sales representative, who got too deep into the spirit of local retail. If Halloween stuff starts selling immediately after the school starts, green-and-red the first week of November, and the pink stuff right after new year, this guy is already selling for 4th of July (dan Borca :).
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>>And it is overbooked probably. Everyone wants to fire one, just to show 'that they can'...
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/09/mystery-solved-missile-launch-jet-contrail/

Interesting aerobatics - the contrail slows and reverses course toward the end of the video - the aircraft would have been in a vertical climb and then looped over the top.

Right.

Maybe it was an engine from an A380