Pilot Reports ‘Missile’ Fired at Jetliner Near LAX

Strange report, stranger response.

FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed. The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit.

If I was on that plane, and had seen that – phew! What an adrenaline rush!

FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may never know if that’s what it actually was.

As far as the Chief is concerned, these FBI agents must have been having some sort of pharmaceuatical experience to expect that their explaination would have any credibility. I would REALLY like to get hold of some of those “bottle rockets” that could pass an airliner in flight. The only bottle rockets the Chief has seen can, at best go all of 100′ or so. Ditto on flares – bypassing an airliner? Yeah, right.