Vandenburg AFB in CA launches rockets in polar orbits . It is about 300 miles south of me,but occasionally when the have a launch right after sunset, you see a similar effect. The jet stream gets hold of the upper reaches of the contrail and distorts them. The last one I saw had all of the colors of the rainbow.
About 14 years ago, I got to see the shuttle re-enter at about 3 AM local time right over the SF Bay area. That was cool too,