Ask yourself “why haven’t one of these things been shot down in the last 50 years?” Especially when you think about how many have been seen and no jets have ever been scrambled with orders to pursue and shoot if needed.
Only one answer makes sense: “They’re our own experimental aircraft”.
....and start ‘war of the worlds’.
False statement times 50 or 100.
Very, very wrong, according to Mercury 7 astronaut Gordo Cooper. In his bio "Leap of Faith"he wrote that fighter jocks were ordered to do just that many times, and he was one of those fliers.
“Especially when you think about how many have been seen and no jets have ever been scrambled with orders to pursue and shoot if needed.”
Initial reports at the time were emphatic that jets were scrambled in phoenix.