You're still not accounting for the eyewitness accounts as to the motion of the object. And how the hell can you explain the "takeoff" of the object, or it's "burning" appearance. Once they supposedly got close, the object was CONTINUALLY IN VIEW. It didn't come and go, as a sweeping lighthouse would.
And you still haven't addressed the one-time nature of the events, on a normal weather night. Why never before? Why never again?
The "burning appearance" was because they were using nigh-vision scopes. If you have ever used one, you will see distortions that can appear to be pulses and burning.