Update: One blogger has plotted the trajectories and determined that the contrail was that of US Airways flight 808.   At least no one is claiming that it was a weather balloon.  The Daily Show has its own spin.

On Monday night what appeared to be a missile launch from the Pacific ocean was video-taped 35 miles out to sea, west of L.A. and north of Catalina Island.  Thus far, no one has been able to identify who launched the missile or even if a missile was launched.