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Right. A missile launched off the coast, that would be politics, and Rokke couldn't post on that. I mean, look, he's such a victim, poor guy, that every single one of his posts had been deleted for almost two years. because he's rocked the boat so much. That must be why they're not showing up "in forum." *rolls eyes*

On the other hand, a mere contrail, now, that's not political. Not this contrail, not any contrail.

I never really gave much credence to rumors of "paid operators with agendas" posting on FR. Until now.

They don't disturb me as much as FReepers I've long admired and have come to regard as kinds of cyber-friends, FReepers who I still believe would be at my back if I needed them, but who have never seen a live missile launch in their lives, that are falling for it hook, line, and sinker, and eagerly gulping down the flattery that the disinformationists feed them that that they're being calm, reasonable, and incidentally much smarter than the average bear. Flattery gets the disinformationists everywhere with some people.

I have said before, and will say again: if it was disputed video of an optical illusion related to something I've only ever seen in pictures and in books, like a tornado or a harsh winter, and FReepers with long-time firsthand experience in those things were sounding warning calls to me that I was being duped ...

... I'd give what they said a hell of a lot more credence than a bunch of goofy nerd techno-overload websites and government officials who said otherwise, especially if it was about national security.

To my way of thinking, that is the calm, reasonable thing.

Finny, my FRiend,

IIRC, you said that your "expert" acquaintance has expertise in both perspective and lighting.

Please have him explain to you how it is that an object headed northwest can produce a trail that is growing towards the upper left when viewed from the north. (Show him the CargoLaw webcam shots from LAX.)

Even better, have him show you how perspective explains the phenomenon of that same "plume" "tilting" ever more to the left (pivoting counterclockwise on its vanishing point) as it drifts farther to the south of the viewing point (as in my #143 on this thread).

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(My prediction is that you will never respond to this -- except, possibly, with a sneer...)