The sun was only six degrees high in the south and was shining on the unusually short contrail giving the appearance of a shiny disc. |
Commercial airline pilots later reported the contrail over Florida and later over Indiana. |
The jets attempted to intercept and identify the source of the contrail, but no visual or confirmed radar contact was made, he added. |
If the aircraft was making a contrail, the pilot was to turn back. |
The contrail went straight up, bisecting the Sun, forcing the crowd to squint and awkwardly block the Sun to see the contrail. |
I walked among the fireworks and the celebrating masses on Tahrir Square as F16 fighter jets drew contrail hearts in the sky, and I felt sick. |