[thegreatbeast]

I don't know what happened. But unless you supply the exact details of the picture it means nothing and shows nothing. It is just a picture.
If you have a screaming plane over your head from out of nowhere you will see it first because it is travelling faster than sound. If there is a plane crash immediately after the sighting then that sound may be lost amongst all the other stimuli. Likely? No, but certainly possible.
I'm real tired of government deceit though.

[Chewy]

As for the picture of the smoke cloud, this plane had enough fuel still on board to fly two thirds of the way across the USA. There is nowhere near enough smoke for that amount of fuel. The picture is therefore questionable.

[Aaron_A]

Someone mentioned that the US air-force did not operate any "white" aricraft. Just about all combat and transport planes now feature the "grey" color scheme...but there are still a few "white" planes. Not to mention I was trying to tie in with the aircraft description in the story - the witness mentioned that she couldn't find a picture (on the Internet) of the plane she saw....maybe she checked FAS, maybe not.

The pics are only meant as fwiw.

[steve-b]

I'm real tired of government deceit though.

So are we all, which is all the more reason not to discredit legitimate questions about government conduct by allowing them to become entangled with this tinfoil-hat nonsense.

[chemainus]

again , an intelligent person....a supersonic plane IS seen first and heard later...and distances can be deceiving...50 feet or 500 feet to an amateur...and gray in sunlight at high speed often looks white