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American Copper Beech (one of my favorite trees by the way), the article refers to a white jet, twin engine pods to the rear, with vertical vanes on the wingtips. Sounds like a commuter, corporate-type, or rich person's toy type of plane. Not the kind of craft that would carry AIM-9 missiles.

A grey plane with lots of wing pods and enclosed engines, that would sound like a military jet.

To require a general aviation plane to be armed with missiles or a cannon is a whole new area of conspiracy theory, so let's apply the Razor of Sir Ockham.