Several Southwest Florida residents believe they witnessed a missile launch in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday night and have photographs to back up their claims.

However, officials with regional law enforcement agencies, airports and military commands say there have been no calls or reports of anything resembling a launch.

Late Sunday, Stan Kim was the first to contact the Naples Daily News about what he saw.

The Naples resident said he was enjoying dessert at Dairy Queen on U.S. 41 in Naples with his family when they noticed what appeared to be contrails in the western sky over the Gulf. He decided to take a few pictures with his cellphone.

“It looked like a missile right over the Gulf, going northwest,” Kim said.

A couple of hours later, he submitted one of his photos to the newspaper. The Daily News posted Kim’s picture to its Facebook site and received other photos, some showing similar views and others that were quite blurry.

Other missile mysteries have captured the public’s attention in years past nationwide, and the official response from military, air defense and aviation sources is that the contrails are caused by commercial jetliners.

The Daily News contacted the North American Air Defense Command but has not received a response yet.