Note: Part 5 of The Year of Many Explanations was delayed once again due to a continuing chest cold and trying to catch up on those other areas of my life (yes, I do have one) which were also put off because of the cold. So in its place, here's a short, virtually unknown incident from 1949. Make of it what you will.
Point Place, off Lake Erie
WHETHER IT'S BY A FORMAL MILITARY INVESTIGATOR, or just a person reading a rainy-day book, the first issue in consideration of any reported sighting of unusual aerial phenomena is credibility. When the witnesses are Air Force fighter pilots, or scientists at experimental flight test centers, or police officers -- or any of the like -- it is human nature to give increased deference to their stories, and to treat them with some degree of respect.
But when the claim to have witnessed something unusual comes from a child, or a criminal, or a person of low IQ, or someone with a psychiatric condition, what then?
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