I have already conceded to the point that there are recorded
occurrences, be it photographic, video or anecdotal pertaining to UFO events that are authentic
and defy explanation. My point is that this of itself is not cause to resolve
any further conclusion. There are no more facts to go on! Merely being presently unexplainable does not equate it to being a goddamned spaceship. The amount of recorded events that are unexplained - and I mean truely unexplained, without a plausable theory by a
skeptic - is a remarkably small number, and just about all of those are the cases that really do have almost no evidence. The grander the incident, the more likely there's a terribly boring reason to explain it. The Rendelsham Forest incident is not a good example to use of an unexplained incident because there
are explanations for it! Unfortunately I am not intimately familiar with the event so please excuse me for using
Wikipedia as my source but it is almost 5am and I am not at my sharpest. These are theories, yes, but the arguments in support of Rendlesham (and UFOs in general) as being something other-worldly are only theories, too, and based on the same evidence as the skeptics have the jump in logic is significant. Where are the facts? Only what is tangible. Drawing from this information, without presumption, there is barely room to move beyond saying "Welp, it sure was
something." Personally I have to say it's a lot shorter walk to find my bench. You, metaphorically, have to hop inside a spaceship to find your bench.
It's just an analogy, not something specific. They assumed people were witches and went looking for whatever they could find that they could say was evidence to support their assumption. A lot of people involved with ufology, on both sides of the fence, are guilty of this.
Actually, Project Blue Book reports were always publicly available. That was the point of the whole thing - to act as a liaison between the public and the Air Force's investigations into the UFO phenomena. Their final word, the Condon Report, was published and freely available. This information is
still available. One could argue the US government was the
first to open their UFO files.
Obviously my few proposed examples of what lies beneath the black bars are not applicable in every instance, but still examples of what is
likely there. And no doubt a lot of information I haven't thought of that is probably mundane yet is, or was, considered some importance to the operational integrity of the military. If you want to believe it's something more then I can't change your mind because neither of us will ever have any clue what's under those black bars.
We could
trade names all day but I imagine the end result will be the same. I'm irritated by what the people on your side have to say and likely you're irritated by what the people on my side have to say.
Ultimately my argument is this - there is no solid evidence that any UFO is anything other-wordly. Yes, UFO sightings are real and actual occurrences, however the present beliefs held by ufological proponents are merely the ever-remaining legacy of Kenneth Arnold's famous words, "...flat like a pie-pan." Er, I mean, "flying saucer." If only they'd called them "flying pies." Life would be so much more fun.
I think this
lady sums it up best:
"While some puzzles remain, we can probably say that no unearthly craft were seen [...] We can also argue with confidence that the main focus of the events was a series of misperceptions of everyday things encountered in less than everyday circumstances."