This is an outstanding summary of most of the critical issues involved in the study of UFO/UAP. Excellent work, objective and thorough.
I was fortunate to share my first encounter of the
First kind at age nine with my parents three months before Arnold’s sighting. We had never heard the terms “flying saucer, UFO or the recently coined “U
AP”.
Our observation was unpolluted by the massive cloud of speculation now surrounding this subject. Neither Mother, Dad nor I had any doubt about the “other worldly” nature of the semi circular group of lights which closely flew over
our car and making a very highway speed right angle turn when immediately over our car clearly in recognition of our presence, what I called a “Hello/goodbye”.
I could go on for too long, having seen six more events.
Again, I thank you for this excellent review. I am grateful I had no cloud of presumptions in my mind to shape my experience and memory.