What ever the truth is you have to feel a bit sorry for all involved...
That's quite thought provoking actually...
"Sceptics"... (spelling has a 'c' in the UK and 'k' in the US!)...
It's a really old fashioned term nowadays and was intended to castigate someone perceived to be a 'disbeliever' in another person's heartfelt opinions.
Or something along those lines...
Coincidentally, I am trying to restore a 1980s video which features the late Stanton Friedman and Graham Birdsall, editor of, 'UFO Magazine'.
It's a breakfast TV show and both have been invited to discuss, 'Roswell', which Stanton is going to speak about at the forthcoming, 'UFO Magazine' conference.
Enraged by the suggestion that he should perhaps be more of a sceptic, Stanton protests,
"I AM a skeptic, I check things out"!
I have written a case related article, published by, 'The Skeptic'. I also had several published in, 'UFO Magazine'.
So, does that qualify myself as a sceptic, or the opposite?
In truth, like many others, I once had greater faith in the trustworthiness of our elemental, celebrated UFO story.
Regrettably, same as them, it has diminished and latterly become extinguished.
The reasons for that... and why, Halt being deceived by Orford Ness lighthouse is now emphatically proven and not an opinion, can be found in recent discussions above.
As categorically evidenced in Halt's own words, from his taped recording of events - if Orford Ness lighthouse played any role, we expect a compass bearing of circa 100 degrees:
"We're at the far side of the second farmer's field and made sighting again
about 110 degrees".
"This looks like
it's clear off to the coast... It's right on the horizon".
"Moves about a bit
and flashes from time to time".
Yes, it has been disappointing for so many and if either yourself, or anyone, can actually explain why the damning lighthouse evidence highlighted above is mistaken in any way, then of course please do so.
Alas, understandably being irate because it can, for sure, be exceedingly annoying, will not on its own make the hard facts go away.
That obviously requires evidence to the contrary and we do not appear to have any.