The Catalina missile a boy scout conspiracy?

An explanation for the spectacular missile contrail that appeared in the Los Angeles sky last night continues to prove elusive. Was the rocket�which appears to have been fired from the surface of the Pacific some thirty-five miles north of Catalina Island�an errant Air Force munition? A missile-defense target rocket run amok? Or even a veiled warning to the Asian states president Obama is visiting this week that the US holds the full clout of its ballistic missile stockpile? But perhaps there’s a simpler explanation: boy scout and model-rocketry record-holder Jacob Smith has struck again.

[via Gizmodo]