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Off Topic~UFO and aircraft buffs come read..what is this anyone? Socal
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If it was a plane over Edwards it could have been conducting some kind of countermeasures tests. Most military aircraft have the capability to release chaff ( small bits of shreaded aluminum to reflect and confuse tracking radar ) and flares ( burning white phosphorus to confuse heat seeking missiles ). The flares would be my best possible explanation of what you saw, as when they are deployed they shoot out from the sides of the aircraft into the slipstream leaving a "V" shaped patern. White phosphorus burns hot , bright and leavs a white cloud. In this post 9/11 world some tests have been going on to retrofit commercial airliners with some kind of countermeasures. Just a thought.
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