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LAMINAR_GHOST captions match my second noise burst. Static climbed again at 0647 and dropped at 0655.

Not proof of anything by itself, but it gives us a clock mark against the veil closing. Anyone with a scanner log near that time, compare before posting conclusions.

Morning sun angle confirms the spread layer is higher than the scattered low cloud moving in from the south. The trail sheet is shearing west to east while the low deck crawls north.

That is a proper two-level wind story, so today's control question is simple: who knew the upper lane would lay a lid before the forecast changed?

Updating my read on the packet. The third photo is not a second aircraft. I think it is the same trail seen after a turn in the road, with the treeline shifted left.

The bright lower streak is probably sun on ice haze, not a separate plume. Keeping the frame numbers matters because my first impression was wrong.

Agree on geometry. The photo set can tell us altitude angle, bearing drift, and whether the trail is persistent.

It cannot tell chemistry from a scan and a memory. Please do not build claims past what the frame supports.

Can the witnesses split timing into hard and soft?

Hard means watch time, receipt time, radio clock, answering-machine stamp. Soft means after breakfast, before school bus, near sunset. We need both, but marked clearly.

Log entry. 16 Feb, 1542 to 1610 local, west ridge turnout. Two persistent trails crossed over the valley mouth.

Wind at ground was light from northwest. Upper drift looked east. No odour, no fallout seen. Photos on 35mm roll 12, frames 18 to 23.

Preserve the negatives. Preserve the envelopes from the lab. Do not trim borders.

Write witness name, date received, and who handled them on a separate sheet, not on the sleeve. If anyone mails copies, keep the mailing envelope too.

I am starting a corridor FOIA request for the date range 15 to 17 Feb. Asking for military training routes, NOTAM changes, tanker activity summaries if releasable, and weather-balloon releases within 150 miles.

Keep reports factual so the request has clean anchors.