Not a bird, not a plane, not a UFO: It was a missile launch test

Erin Dorrance/White Sands Missile Range via AP<br> This Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 photo provided by White Sands Missile Range shows an exhaust plume from a missile launch over N.M. An early morning missile test in New Mexico left a white contrail that quickly turned into a corkscrew that was visible for hundreds of miles. The unarmed Juno target missile was launched at 6:55 a.m. MST from an old military depot in northwestern New Mexico.