U.S. jets respond to potential threat

Saturday, November 30, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military command scrambled fighter jets in response to unverified reports of an airborne condensation trail, or contrail, moving from the Caribbean to the United States, defense officials said Thursday. But the jets that were scrambled to attempt to intercept and identify the source of the contrail found nothing.

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