[bnelson44]

Tucson astronomer and retired Air Force pilot James McGaha said he investigated two separate sightings over Phoenix that March night and traced them both to A-10 aircraft flying in formation at high altitude.

McGaha said he talked to an amateur astronomer who observed the A-10s and to the National Guard unit that flew them.
"It was clearly aircraft in formation, flying at two different times and then dropping flares and it's clear to any rational person that's what it was," McGaha said Thursday.

McGaha said Symington "is not a trained observer and what he feels in his gut doesn't make any difference."

[FReepaholic]

...and it's clear to any rational person that's what it was," McGaha said...

So, if you don't believe McGaha your irrational.

...McGaha said Symington "is not a trained observer...

Exactly how does one become a "trained observer"? I never saw Observer 101 in my college course catalog.

[Pro-Bush]

The lights were not just seen in Phoenix that night, it was reported from the Nevada line, through Phoenix, to the edge of Tucson within about a 3 hour time frame.

[JCEccles]

McGaha said he talked to an amateur astronomer who observed the A-10s and to the National Guard unit that flew them. "It was clearly aircraft in formation, flying at two different times and then dropping flares and it's clear to any rational person that's what it was," McGaha said Thursday.

Easy to replicate, then. The Guard should fly the same training mission under similar circumstances and invite the public to watch.

The 1997 Phoenix lights are on video. It would be very easy to run a comparison.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

McGaha said Symington "is not a trained observer and what he feels in his gut doesn't make any difference."

Symington responded, "At least I'm not a wet blanket."

A hundred time more people will hear about Symington's gut than the conclusions of people who actually know what they're talking about.