posted 03-10-2001 02:40 AM            

Ellyn Sutton
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Sounds like contrails to me. You will see more and more of them as long as air traffic increases and a new method for propelling airplanes is not found to replace hydrogen- or carbon-based combustion engines.
PM
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TO: Mr. Minnis
. NASA Scientist

RE: Jet aerosol spraying

I am a long-time observer of jet aircraft. I used to love to watch the trails the jets left and noticed how quickly they dissipated. I wished that they would last longer than they did just because I enjoyed looking at them.

During the years 2000 and 2001, however, I have observed in the sky AT THE SAME TIME the traditional jet aircraft with their short comet-like tails following after them, dissipating quickly and leaving absolutely no residue, and also these new jet aircraft which appear to be white and which leave long wide trails of vapors from horizon to horizon and which expand out and meet other long trails, creating a hazy sky and numerous cloud patterns which I have never seen before.

These jet aircraft also create huge "X marks the spot" patterns in the sky among other patterns. Often one will see parallel line after parallel line after parallel line. When the sun sets, these trails turn a bright pink and often the western sky can be brightly colored by the haze these trails create.

I went out for a walk this evening at 8:00 p.m. and observed a jet aircraft flying directly over my residence, leaving an extremely long wide vapor trail. I also observed another trail in the distance. I have observed these extremely long and lasting trails practically every partially or fully blue-sky day where I live. It is very clear that these long trails are created by these jet aircraft during both daylight and evening hours.

I have also been seeing these very distinctive jet trails much more often when I watch movies and TV. I see them in commercials and in documentaries and on news broadcasts. Again, these trails vary considerably from the traditional jet trails I used to watch because the traditional jet trails never lingered or left residue as these do.

What do you make of this, Mr. Minnis?

Ellyn Sutton