Thanks to you both. My intention for asking the question wasn't to get people riled up but to provide an educated explanation to the radio dude who IS trying to get people riled up. You should hear this guy - he's got people monitoring short wave radio for military airbase transmissions and other sensationalist stuff.
In reality, the fact that the contrails are criss-crossing in every direction makes perfect sense that it would just be atmospheric...because that's what we would see. Thanks for the confirmation.
Trivisonno can get a bit moonbatty at times.