The contrail is nowhere near the Earth’s surface at any time, though. It’s just an optical illusion.
I imagine people are getting tired of explaining.
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You've got that right! And we've hardly mentioned half the reasons the "missile" interpretation is provably wrong...
Some have been mentioned -- but people who never think for themselves totally missed the import. Now it's just a fun exercise -- to see how many ways we can demonstrate that these numbskulls are just blowing (missile) smoke...
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And still no response other than "[Mumble says] It looks like a missile to me -- and my opinion is a divine edict because I useta be a..."
Or, worse, they decay into personal attack mode... ;-(