How stupid are these people running the military?
The correct response is “Our people were doing military maneuvering exercises overhead and inadvertently created patterns that seemed to resemble other objects. This was random. That is all”
Then find out if they did it on purpose and have them peeling potatoes in Alaska for a month if they did.
Bingo. The chain of command should have papered over the stunt (”basic flight manuevers”) and then allowed their CO to mete punishment...like restriction to the O’Club for two hours and three rounds for their squadron mates.