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One other thing to indicate that the photo in your post 472 is of a missile, NOT an airliner leaving a plume:

THE LIGHT. If it is a horizontal path with the sun coming from below ... how come the underside of this supposedly horizontal high-elevation (five miles above the earth) contrail is dark? Wouldn't the underside of a horizontal high-elevation condensation trail at sunset be very brightly lit? Gosh ... why do I predict you're going to spin that ... well, obviously (cue Rokke: " harrumph hum! If you could see the video which we categorically reject as evidence, you'd know this ...") .. it's because of some sort of shadow cast by a cloud far below on the horizon but which you can't see in this photo because it's from doctored video!!! Yeah, that's the ticket!!!

HALLLLLLOOOOOOO!! The dark part of the plume in that video is facing away from the sun (that's why it's called SHADE, dude!) and is therefore facing east if this shot is taken at sunset. The illuminated part of the plume in the photo it is facing away from the camera -- it is facing west.

Higgmeister, yet another example of these people posting photos that supposedly refute a vertical missile plume, but which actually CONFIRM IT!!!!

It's like he's telling people, "this red hat is actually a green snowmobile." And they're going, "Oh, yeah .... I see it!" Remarkable. Simply remarkable.

"If it is a horizontal path with the sun coming from below ... how come the underside of this supposedly horizontal high-elevation (five miles above the earth) contrail is dark?"

Haven't you stated repeatedly that nothing can be learned from video stills? Whatever. The contrail is dark because the sun is no longer shining directly on it (from above or below). Of course that wouldn't happen if it were an actual missile launch, because within 2 minutes of being launched, even the slowest ballistic missile would have climbed high enough that the recently set sun would shine directly on its plume, creating a nice white trail. Any experienced observer of actual missile launches is no doubt aware of that. I'd provide video and photographic evidence...but I already have. Repeatedly.

Now explain to me how a vertically climbing missile, with rocket motors still burning (as evidenced by the plume) shows no evidence of flame coming from the rocket motor? Would this "missile" be an example of a flameless but not smokeless engine?

And what about that chinook?