on 6/18/02 8:45 AM, Eric L. Strobel at fyzycyst_at_comcast.net wrote:
>> About 7 years ago I was walking out my front door carrying a pair of
>> binoculars. Suddenly, boom, boom, boom, boom...4 sonic booms in a row. I
>> looked west and saw a very high altitude dot that rapidly went over the
>> horizon. Following it was a faint, odd looking contrail looking like this:
>> ....0......0.....0......0.....0.....0...... Big puffs separated by thin
>> wisps. I believe I saw what you're talking about.
>>
>> --
>> Tom
>>
>
> Ah. The 'donuts-on-a-rope' contrail. Very cool. Where do you live?
> Nevada or California?
>
> - Eric.
At the time I was in Topeka KS. The aircraft was headed WSW towards Nevada.
The sighting was around 2pm on a Saturday or Sunday.
-- Tom Hofts Lawrence, KSVisit my homepage at:
http://homepage.mac.com/thofts
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