Right then, there is no CT here. This was a "thoughts" thread in the wrong place.
The incidents in the OP are IMO, interesting and noteworthy, not easily dismissed.

I'd like to think pilots and others know what they see, whether on radar or with their own eyes, that when multiple eyewitnesses say they saw a craft it really was a craft, especially if radar/visual is involved, but I know misidentifications are made.
I think some UFO cases could be ET craft but even allowing this possibility they remain unknown, unidentified; Who /what are they? Where are they from? What are they doing here?

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