Alex Jones is a crank, and comparing folk's opinions/observations here to his conspiracy crap is beneath you, Rocketman.
For the record, grisly, I wasn't going off at 280plus, although it probably seemed that way. I did a rather poor job of expressing my disdain for the Alex Jones' of the tinfoil hat crowd. I owe 280plus an apology.
My apologies, 280plus, if I offended you in any way. That was certainly not my intent.
To the point of the
missile plume aircraft contrail, I have seen exactly one live ICBM launch plume in my life. It did look somewhat like the image under discussion.
However, I have also seen aircraft contrails that looked very similar to the supposed launch plume.
High altitude winds often shear, moving in different directions along a given course. It is very common. That tends to move portions of a jet's contrail in different directions, make it twist, and cause it to splay out as was seen in the video last Monday.
A high altitude contrail rising over the horizon and being laid toward the viewer, will appear under the right conditions (almost like a forced perspective), to be rising from ground level and away from the viewer.
One more thing to keep in mind about Monday's event. The object making the plume was in view for several minutes. An ICBM quickly travels downrange and out of view, in much less time than the object visible in Monday's video.
