As if they themselves can't figure it out. Let's look at the details.
Faster than a speeding bullet — and bigger than a Wal-Mart.
That's how residents near the west Texas town of Stephenville described an object they spotted in the sky one night last week.
Dozens of people — including a pilot and a police officer — said a UFO hovered over the farming community for about five minutes last Tuesday before streaking away
...the UFO sped away at more than 3,000 mph, followed by two fighter jets that were hopelessly outmaneuvered. Allen said it took the aircraft just a few seconds to cross a section of sky that it takes him 20 minutes to fly in his Cessna.
On the surface, that's a pretty standard UFO report. And also in standard fashion, the Air Force does their best to make a pilot, a cop, and dozens of witnesses look stupid by coming up with an explanation like:
[Military officials] said the residents are letting their imaginations run wild and passed it off as an optical illusion. They said it was likely nothing more than a reflection of sunlight on two airliners.
Officials at a nearby air force base also said their fighter pilots didn't chase down anything that night.
Because cops and pilots are prone to mistakes like that right? Well, apparently the military is prone to little mistakes too.
Initially:
Maj. Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, said no F-16s or other aircraft from his base were in the area the night of Jan. 8
Officials at the region's two Air Force bases — Dyess in Abilene and Sheppard in Wichita Falls — also said none of their aircraft were in the area last week.
Under the headline "Military now says planes flying in area of UFO reports" the story has changed to:
10 F-16 fighter jets were training in the Stephenville area the night dozens of residents reported seeing a UFO.
Although Air Force Reserve officials at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth initially said none of their planes were in the area Jan. 8, they said today that they had made a mistake and wanted to set the record straight "in the interest of public awareness."
Who are you going to believe? A pilot, police officer and large numbers of independent witnesses who actually saw the 'mile-wide object' or multiple 'officials' from at least THREE military bases who all 'made a mistake' about having TEN fighter jets in a particular area on a particular night?
Sources: NPR / Houston Chronicle / AP /Defensetech
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