Vast numbers of witnesses reported the same thing you describe. Wouldn’t it be possible to pinpoint the locations of each witness at the time, and the directions they believe they saw the rising light originate from? Triangulation should allow fixing a near exact point of origin. I’d bet such an analysis was done, but deep sixed.
I have been told by someone in a very good position to know the truth, that the people who did it are known, and that they had been "punished" by their government, which happens to be Iran.
But going to war with Iran months before an election was *NOT* something lying sack of sh*t Bill Clinton was willing to do.
He was a coward during Vietnam, and he was a Coward in 1996 too.
Also I have been told that Europe was absolutely against the idea of going to war with Iran. France was especially opposed.