I’m beginning to believe you are correct. I’m stubborn but not stupid.
I think that fact that it will happen again should be enough for some. It won’t be exactly the same, there are weather variables, but more then close enough to prove the point.
There was a contrail the next day at the same time of course. No news chopper aloft with camera in the same spot though, and probably other variables that would diminish the illusion some.
This would be an awesome thing for Mythbusters to tackle, but again weather conditions have got to be right it would get expensive trying to replicate it exactly.
Sometimes things just come together right.
Remove the news chopper from this, and I doubt there would have been any Drudge headlines at all about it.