Re: Serious question from a skeptic - practical realities of taking

Bill wrote:
> You know, if the Air Force really did want to keep some of their 
> exercises a secret, why wouldn't they just say, "Golly, yes, I guess you

> must have seen a UFO..." and leave it at that.
> 
> It seems odd when they sometimes say there was no UFO.  It is 
> understandable that they would say "it wasn't us", but how could they 
> possibly know for sure it wasn't somebody else?  Everybody stay calm.
> 
> 
> 

Wheels within wheels & misdirection. They got ya lookin' for alien 
bodies at Roswell while they play around with their new stuff somewhere 
else.

Ever read _The Purloined Letter_?


> Larry in AZ wrote:
>> Waiving the right to remain silent, Pudentame <no.one@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>> said:
>>
>>
>>> But, IIRC, the USMC later admitted they were conducting training west 
>>> of San Diego that night. There were some pointed comments made about 
>>> why the military would first deny having aircraft in the area then 
>>> later admit they were operating there. They claimed it was all a 
>>> mis-understanding.
>>
>>
>> It probably *was* a misunderstanding.  There is not one solitary 
>> individual answering questions about all military operations.
>>
>> When the question was first asked of some overworked second lieutenant 
>> on IO duty that night, he may have known nothing about it, and 
>> answered, "Wasn't us."
>>
>> At some later point, the question got to the Colonel who did know 
>> about it, and decided that telling wouldn't compromise anything.
>>