It wouldn't have happened with this one as the same atmospheric condition existed from off the coast to the Rockies. As excited as the photographer was, evident from his testimony later, he would not have stopped filming or watching when the contrail ended way out to the west without looking for the airplane which would have been coming straight towards him and reflecting bright silver from the sun.
Again, I was simply responding to the guys remark. And I can only address what I saw in the video and images.
I’d bet several months paychecks that this is an aircraft in “level flight”. I could really use the money to get the large garage up on my Kentucky farm. And there is no way I would lose that bet.