The New York Times carried its first article Monday on what appeared to be an unexplained missile launch off the coast of southern California. The article, buried at the bottom of page 16, came a full week after the event itself.
While the spectacular video of a giant contrail off the coast of southern California was shown by all of the major television networks, and the story was widely covered in most of the media, the Times maintained a discreet silence.
The article that finally appeared on November 14, entitled "How Smoky Plume in Sky Drew the Eyes of the World", was more of a whimsical background piece than a hard news story.
Tucked within its fourth paragraph was the Pentagon's vague explanation - delivered two days after the filming of the apparent missile launch by a television station helicopter - that "there is no evidence to suggest that this is anything other than a condensation trail from an aircraft." This is followed by the Times' observation: "Some experts chastised media outlets for running with a half-baked, whole-hyped story."
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