Just reading his account of the alleged witness sighting in Pennsylvania is head-scratching. An "avid birdwatcher" saw a large white bomber-like aircraft flying at 200 feet over Pennsylvania? Because we all know that the military likes to test their top secret aircraft in daylight at 200 feet over Pennsylvania. He didn't exactly think that one through.
But I'd note that he wrote that in 2010 and he mentioned the Blackstar. But three years earlier (in 2007) he claimed that he had actual photos of the spaceplane. If he had the photos then, why didn't he publish them in his 2010 article? It's been 15 years and no photos.
His claims just didn't make sense. Looking at these various articles, he starts to look like a guy who had a lot of imagination.
Here's his 2007 claim:
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[link is now dead, but it's probably archived somewhere]
It dates from April 2007. In it Scott states:
"Ref. the Blackstar system: I now have several photos of the XOV spaceplane sitting on a Lockheed Martin flightline ramp, so the vehicle definitely exists. Based on 15+ years of sighting reports, inside sources, etc., I determined that Blackstar's SR-3 carrier aircraft and several versions of the XOV were built and flown."
