Several years ago while visiting in Evansville, Indiana, outside in a back yard on a calm summer afternoon, down from a cloudless sky, very slowly, drifted long stringy things.
Within about 15 minutes, several thin strands -- each about 10 feet long and about the thickness of a drinking straw -- of this whitish translucent nonsticky stuff came to ground. I considered keeping a sample, but remembering stories of airline doodoo and other noxious ejections, I decided to just leave it alone.
But I've often wondered what it was. Never saw any stories about it anywhere. Thought it might be some newfangled chaff, or maybe some kind of experiment.
It was fascinating to watch, descending very slowly and absolutely straight vertical, no coiling or spiraling, the transluscence caught in the afternoon sunlight or the strands would have never been noticed.
But they weren't sparkly or shimmering, more like the color of plastic straws, which they were not, and not hollow either.
Any ideas?
