[FormerLurker]

The huge size of the Massive Fireball explosion was calculated by another "shootdown" tinfoil hat years ago at approximately 2000 feet in diameter and, of course, witnesses Faret & Wendell have stated that the top of the MF smoke cloud was at 7700 feet.

There you go again with your "tinfoil hat" diatribes. Do you really think name calling bolsters your stature here?

In any case, you obviously didn't read your own source too well. From your own link..

We would like to emphasize:
"We approached the black-gray smoke cloud on the west side. We were at 7700 feet and were at the top edge of the cloud. The cloud center was at 7500 feet. There were 2 small bumps atop it. There was no smoke or smoke trails above it. It was still lit up a little by the sun, clear above. We don’t why this has never been discussed in any scenarios.”

If the smoke cloud center is at 7500 feet and the top of the smoke cloud is 7700 feet, the diameter of the cloud is 200 feet, not 2000.

And of course TWA800 would have fallen out of the massive fireball as it was still travelling at a much higher velocity than the burning fuel which rapidly decelerated.

[Swordmaker]

?There was no smoke or smoke trails above it.

THIS is the most significant part of that statement, Lurker. The LACK of a smoke trail above the smokecloud of the Massive Fireball shows that there was NO BURNING PLANE TRAILING SMOKE TO BE MISTAKEN FOR THE MISSILE.

Kerosene or JetA fuel will burn with a BLACK SMOKE if it is not properly mixed. Yet these witnesses did not see a plume, trail, or anything above the cloud.