[spinestein]

[You would be insane to "take their word" in a case like this. Ask your self, if the FAA had knowledge of an such an unidentified object, would they disclose it in public? Of course they wouldn't, it would cause mass panic.]



This is the single most ludicrous thing that UFO/alien visitation believers perpetuate; the idea that if the government had knowledge of visiting aliens they would suppress that information for fear of causing panic. BULL!!! Every government official worth his wardrobe would be running to the press to get that information out for the simple reason that, in times of fear and uncertainty, the public turns to the government and extends virtually unlimited trust to their leadership.

Widespread public knowledge of alien visitation would mean vastly increased power for those in charge now, and if such visitation were happening, you can bet they'd be making sure we knew about it.

[Finny]

...the idea that if the government had knowledge of visiting aliens they would suppress that information for fear of causing panic. BULL!!!

The late Mercury 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper would disagree with you, and did in print in his autobiography "Leap of Faith." Only a very small part of the book is about his brushes with UFOs and systematic government denial of reports and being a black hole for evidence such as photos, but it's enough to make one sit up and take notice. Or should be, anyway, for those who can handle the truth.

For those who can't, knee-jerk denial, derision, or condescension (as in, "It was Venus and the dumb witnesses didn't know any better") is the only option.