With one eye-witness, I'd agree with you.
The fact that there was an atmospheric condition is not in dispute. The notion that the atmospheric condition could have caused multiple, highly trained, eye-witnesses with several hundred years of experience in aeronautics to see a spinning disc is almost certainly in dispute.
I'll take the eye-witness testimony of a bunch of pilots over the conjecture of a donut-snarfing FAA geek on most days.
I will admit, however, that the FAA official may not, in fact, eat donuts. That he's or she's a pencil-neck government droid, however, is in evidence.
So exactly who are these "multiple, highly trained, eye-witnesses with several hundred years of experience in aeronautics" you are referring to? Seems to me you're taking something in print by a liberal newsrag a little to close to undisputed fact, if in fact they even made such a claim?
I will admit, however, that the FAA official may not, in fact, eat donuts. That he's or she's a pencil-neck government droid, however, is in evidence.
Well I just so happen to work with FAA officials on a regular basis, and I'll take the word of the highly trained technical professional folks I know over the limp wristed liberal journalists at some Chicago newsrag any day.
My sentiments also.
The FAA boys are under a lot of bureaucratic political correctness pressure when it comes to UFOs.Understandably so, because its their air space and they are supposed to be in control of it, warning aircraft away from hazards and intercept courses with other aircraft. Its their prime responsibility, and thousands of lives hang in the balance at any given moment across the country. They do a magnificent job too.
But on UFOs? They fold.
I know for a fact that an F-16 pilot from the Vermont Air National Guard out of Burlington chased one in 1997, and was left far behind.
As to what they are, I have no idea, but the fact is that we have an unexplained phenomenon, and it won't go away, nor will we ever have a chance to understand it until people stop making fun of those who observe them.
I am more prone to the idea that they might make the ultimate skeet target, using a High Powered rifle.
BTW, the FAA does not use the term UFO, they call them bogies or ghosts. And they also sequester any information they have about any sighting, and airline companies tell their staff not to talk about sightings because it would affect the public 's image of their air safety. The military treats UFO sightings by its personnel as secret intelligence. The FAA would like to know what they are as much as any of us.