Plus: Saying one saw a UFO is perfectly alright with me since it means an "unidentified flying object", and therefore whatever is not a 100% clearly identified aircraft, blimp or helicopter has to fall into that category, like it or not. No doubt that many a secret aircraft (think of Have Blue, Senior Trend or Tacit Blue for instance) were undoubtedly "UFOs" until people knew what they were... Whatever undisclosed vehicle is flying at present, either as part of governmental agency's research programs or in military operations, is just that: a U.F.O. The fact that people can't think of these three letters without summoning tales of Twilight Zone gremlins or Roswell grays is sad, because it diverts the attention from some genuine phenomena by ridiculing those who try to explain what they saw or those who try to make sense out of it.
But back to Orionblamblam's ongoing (and most annoying) attitude of systematic irony and mockery... There is indeed a gap between "I want to know" and "I want to believe", as you said, Scott. However, your "I DON'T want to believe" attitude is just as dogmatic and blindly proselyte as that of someone ready to believe just anything. Reminds me of what Jesus-Christ said: "Even if they saw disappeared ones rising from the dead, they still wouldn't believe." I am certain that, just like Agent Dana Scully still refused to believe in outer space aliens even after being abducted by a spaceship, and still refused to believe in a massive conspiracy even after discovering a deadly implant at the base of her neck, you, Scott, would refuse to acknowledge something that does not fit into your logic and your views on things, even if you had hard evidence right before you...
One good example that comes to mind is how you (and a few others) have systematically ridiculed the notion of a football-field-wide blimp, while the very concept appears in publicly released official documents as early as the 1980s.
