“I know... Im just willing to entertain nearly anything in order to rule out another as the world turns attempt, this time with a *serious* weapon.”
Well, there is this explanation that I’m trying to make fit ... http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21461/lets-talk-about-that-mysterious-rocket-launch-over-whidbey-island-photo-from-washington
Q wouldn’t bother w/a chopper.