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Originally Posted by impactstyles
I can believe a few military people and a few airline pilots might have been three sheets to the wind one night and thought venus=ET, but not the hundreds of retired military high ranking officials, pilots, engineers, etc. Again even if 99% of their sightings are explained, what accounts for that 1%, THAT is where my questions lie. If these people thought for one second that there was an alternative, easy explanation for what they saw, then they would not risk everything to come forward and publicly admit what they are saying, and again we are not talking one or two guys here we are talking hundreds.
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The problem is that these people don't realize they are mistaken at the time. Being a pilot, astronaut, or even housewife does not make one always right (although my wife would probably disagree). People of all trades make mistakes when they see something. Many of these people you are referring to are often telling their stories years later and memory can be a faulty thing. Others were convinced at the time of the incident that they saw something strange and extraordinary. This makes them unreliable simply because witnesses who are emotional often make mistakes in what they report. We could go through each case piece by piece but it will probably be a waste of time since you will always use the fall back position "but the witness reported this or the witness knew what he saw". Most of the high profile incidents have had alternative and more earthly explanations offered for them. Until something better than a few "UFO stories" by excited/emotional eyewitnesses can be presented, the more rational explanation will be accepted as the likely source.