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Absolutely. I think what we have to remember is that these men were trained security forces. This is not a night watchman with a flashlight and a strong desire to hole up in a guard shack. They are soldiers who have had vigorous and intense training drilled into them through repetition and positive assessments. A military job can be lost for crappy performance. Essentially it is a results/performance driven environment.

Halt was a deputy base commander and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at the time. To suggest that a career officer with serious command chops would be not only be duped by a lighthouse and a big meteor but then decided to write a report about it and submit that report to higher authorities is rather ridiculous. He knew he that the people that reported these things were not exactly celebrated in the halls of the Pentagon. Yet he felt it was significant enough to risk some measure of his credibility. As I have said before, all the alternative theories presented differ in the reported events with regards to proximity. Halt was not viewing the object through the trees only. He had a clear and unobstructed view while in a clearing at the edge of the farmers field. Everything reported, by trained observers mind you, was that of something more local in proximity.

Personally, I don't buy the "they were confused" argument. It's the same thing Lance and Angel say about ET's. While possible it is extraordinarily improbable that they were confused by a lighthouse and meteor. You might as well call them liars. Which, again, is possible but in my mind extraordinarily improbable.

<blockquote data-quote="Ron Collins" data-source="post: 95255" data-attributes="member: 574">Absolutely. I think what we have to remember is that these men were trained security forces. This is not a night watchman with a flashlight and a strong desire to hole up in a guard shack. They are soldiers who have had vigorous and intense training drilled into them through repetition and positive assessments. A military job can be lost for crappy performance. Essentially it is a results/performance driven environment.Halt was a deputy base commander and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at the time. To suggest that a career officer with serious command chops would be not only be duped by a lighthouse and a big meteor but then decided to write a report about it and submit that report to higher authorities is rather ridiculous. He knew he that the people that reported these things were not exactly celebrated in the halls of the Pentagon. Yet he felt it was significant enough to risk some measure of his credibility. As I have said before, all the alternative theories presented differ in the reported events with regards to proximity. Halt was not viewing the object through the trees only. He had a clear and unobstructed view while in a clearing at the edge of the farmers field. Everything reported, by trained observers mind you, was that of something more local in proximity. Personally, I don&#039;t buy the &quot;they were confused&quot; argument. It&#039;s the same thing Lance and Angel say about ET&#039;s. While possible it is extraordinarily improbable that they were confused by a lighthouse and meteor. You might as well call them liars. Which, again, is possible but in my mind extraordinarily improbable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ron Collins, post: 95255, member: 574"] Absolutely. I think what we have to remember is that these men were trained security forces. This is not a night watchman with a flashlight and a strong desire to hole up in a guard shack. They are soldiers who have had vigorous and intense training drilled into them through repetition and positive assessments. A military job can be lost for crappy performance. Essentially it is a results/performance driven environment. Halt was a deputy base commander and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at the time. To suggest that a career officer with serious command chops would be not only be duped by a lighthouse and a big meteor but then decided to write a report about it and submit that report to higher authorities is rather ridiculous. He knew he that the people that reported these things were not exactly celebrated in the halls of the Pentagon. Yet he felt it was significant enough to risk some measure of his credibility. As I have said before, all the alternative theories presented differ in the reported events with regards to proximity. Halt was not viewing the object through the trees only. He had a clear and unobstructed view while in a clearing at the edge of the farmers field. Everything reported, by trained observers mind you, was that of something more local in proximity. Personally, I don't buy the "they were confused" argument. It's the same thing Lance and Angel say about ET's. While possible it is extraordinarily improbable that they were confused by a lighthouse and meteor. You might as well call them liars. Which, again, is possible but in my mind extraordinarily improbable. [/QUOTE]

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