Aldrin:

On point 3 there is one observation (or lack thereof) that makes this also a problem.

I do agree that a local chunk of aether, following the earth in its orbit (like our atmosphere) would satisfy the M-M experiment, it would also cause an abberation in the path of starlight.

This abberation is caused as the light shifts from the non-moving aether to the co-moving aether.

This abberation has never been observed (though some minor abberation caused and predicted by the index of refraction of air has been).