For the six years that the public knew there was a stealth bomber (or was it the stealth fighter) they simply said “we don’t know what you’re seeing. We don’t have anything like that.” No contradictory and stupid “we don’t know what it is but it’s no threat” story. I can’t remember any time they ever said they were investigating something like this just to come out a few days later and say “we think it was an airplane contrail but we don’t know.”
"The Dept. of Defense statement from Col. Dave Lapan, the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, reads:
"While there is nothing at this time that leads the Department of Defense to believe this is a missile launch, the department and other U.S. government agencies with expertise in aviation and space continue to look into the condensation trail (CONTRAIL) seen and reported off the coast of southern California on Monday evening.
"All DoD entities with rocket and missile programs reported no launches, scheduled or inadvertent, during the time period in the area of the reported contrail. NORAD and USNORTHCOM confirmed that it did not monitor any foreign military missile launch off the California coast yesterday and has determined that there was no threat to the US homeland.
"In addition, the FAA ran radar replays from Monday afternoon of a large area west of Los Angeles. Those replays did not reveal any fast-moving, unidentified targets. The FAA also did not receive reports of any unusual sightings from pilots who were flying in the area Monday afternoon.
"If any new information comes to light in the coming days, we will update the press and public." "
What about that statement is "uncertain, confused and morphed into gooberment speak."?
With regards to the stealth fighter program...that was hardly a non-story.