reply to post by Kandinsky
The NIDS study wasn't a government outfit. They were a group of researchers financed by Bigelow.
Ok, noted, but I don't think it changes anything. Bigelow is a defense contractor, a part of the Military Industrial Complex. Do you honestly think
they are going to support a study revealing highly classified military technology? I do not, I think they are completely biased and would have a lot
to lose.
The critical view you linked to is full of holes. Instead of focusing on the real hard evidence, the meat and potatoes, the author continually brings
up peripheral and loosely to unrelated details of the incident, debunking those details.
The only meat and potatoes part of the incident he focuses on is the radar return data and he only glibly addresses it as if it doesn't deserve the
lion's share of attention in his critique. Most of his critique consists of attacks on people and groups who are in support of the incident
involving a real physical craft.
The Belgium Air Force did not come to the conclusion that their radar data and sightings on the ground were a result of meteorological phenomenon yet
that is the line that author tried to pull. He is either a useful idiot or a disinformation agent.
People with a well developed BS filter can see what is important and what is not. Almost none of Marc Hallet's critique is important, the only
important part is when he addresses the radar data and he barely touches on it with mere unsubstantiated speculation that the weather was somehow the
cause of the radar data.
Since the Belgium Air Force never came out and stated that their radar equipment was faulty or having problems I cannot at all support the speculation
of faulty equipment along with weather phenomenon being the cause.
Debate clubs are centered around the idea of 2 groups debating an issue from different sides. That does not mean one of the sides has to be valid
whatsoever.
Yes you will run into people critiquing just about everything but if you have a well developed BS filter, it becomes fairly easy to tell if their
critique has any validity behind it or not.