After I left the dealership I drove to Safelite to get their opinion and, the guy was very helpful and thought it looked like a stress crack after his pen test.
Haven't yet replaced my windshield and yes I did have that annoying creaking sound like walking on an old wooden floor. Tried to locate the sound coming from the middle of the dash somewhere. Going to drive around tomorrow with the radio turned off and see if the creaking sound is gone since the...
The dealership did the ballpoint pen test and concluded that something hit the windshield where the 2 cracks merge into 1. That's about 2 inches below the hood line and below the windshield wipers. They had to raise the hood to take photos at the dealership.
Parked in covered driveway with 1240 miles on the truck. Two cracks starts at bottom of windshield about 2 inches apart and merge into 1 crack about 2 inches up. Ford refuses to replace the windshield under the warranty and wants me to hold the bag.