[FreedomCalls]

Notice how the Orfordness Lighthouse lines up precisely with the description of where the "flashing light" was seen!

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/voyager/ridpath3.jpg

[FreedomCalls]

Here is a smaller version of the above photo:

[MissAmericanPie]

I see what you are saying but, the object they saw was in the field in front of the farm house. It's hard to imagine that men trained to know what aircraft they were observing, brave men, were quaking in their boots and all shook up over a light house beacon.

It doesn't seem likely.