In 2010 US General and decorated fighter pilot Thomas McInerney was convinced that an airplane leaving a contrail was a missile being launched off the coast of Los Angeles. Experience and expertise does not immunize anyone to mistakes in novel situations. Listen to the General here. Listen to his experience, his rank, his certainty, the deference given to him, and his total wrongness. <br />It was just a distant plane for Hawaii leaving a contrail, at an unusual perspective.<br /><br />Keep this in mind when someone tells you that you need to believe in someone because they are a trained expert. <br /><br />For the story behind the contrail, see:<br /><a href="http://contrailscience.com/los-angeles-missile-contrail-explained-in-pictures/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://contrailscience.com/los-angeles-missile-contrail-explained-in-pictures/</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI_0hh26n6Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI_0hh26n6Q</a>