I saw the whole launch, as I was walking back to my car after a walk on the
beach in Carlsbad, CA and I can tell you that the launch I saw came from
the south of my position. That would put it somewhere around Cardiff or
Encinitas about 20 miles to the north of San Diego. I saw it shoot straight
up and then it changed direction and looked like it was heading toward Camp
Pendleton. The light was bright yellow orange and I thought it was a CHICOM
cruise missile, then it looked like it changed direction again and that's
when the missile staged and the light turned blue and left a green cloud in
the atmosphere.It was definitely a SLBM(SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC
MISSILE) and I have seen missile tests before and yes the second stage
burns blue, the other light people were seeing was the first stage
separating and the green glow is from the rest of the fuel in the first
stage being spilled on into the upper atmosphere.The real question we
should ask is, why is the Navy lying about where it fired the missile from

Nov 8, 2015