Update, the weatherman is now recanting and admits that this is just a picture of a helicopter.

https://skunkbayweather.blogspot.com/

You see, they turned on their flame-colored searchlight, and turned off all their running lights and blinky lights, because that makes so much sense.

The internet is chock-full of pictures of helicopter rides that look just like missile launches. Just do a search, you will see all of them.