the Belgian UFO Wave is best Explained as Aliens

Let me apologise for the typo, I meant round 2 was for opening arguments and all others for rebuttals. I accept the blame for the misunderstanding. Now, let me respond to Con's objections as well as strengthen my own case. "Witnesses on the ground are not likely to be able to give accurate assessments of the speed of flying objects." No human being needs to be some kind of braniac or expert in aviation to tell that when they see a bright object traverse a space from up in the sky to down near the land in a matter of seconds, that there is no way a human could be piloting. To say that these thousands of people were mistaken in what they saw is just an insult to their intelligence. They don't need to tell the exact speed in miles per hour to know that its going faster than anything they have ever seen before. When I see a bolt of lightning, I know that it reaches between heaven and earth faster than any man-made aircraft. and these people saw these lights moving at similar speeds. "This is a clear contradiction; how were they "tracked" if a lock could not be kept on them? Bizarre radar readouts are most plausibly explained by equipment malfunction and do not represent confirmation of extraordinary speeds." Every time they got a "lock" the objects sped away at tremendous speeds, breaking the lock. And as for malfuntioning, very odd that all the F-16s would individually have a malfuntion in their radar system at the same time. This is nothing more than an attempt to cover up the fact that aliens exist. What are the mathematical probabilities that both F-16s would have malfunctioning tracking systems? Further, if they really were malfuntioning, how is it the encyclopedia gives the exact altitudes and speeds the ufo's moved at to break away from the lock? Had the plane's radar been malfuntioning, there would be no agreement among them about what speeds and altitudes these things were moving at. Obviously, something fishy is going on. "Objects in the sky may have been reportedly seen by thousands but there appears to be far less consistency in the descriptions given than certain publications would care to admit." "During this time, ground witnesses broadly corroborate the information obtained by radar. They described seeing the smaller triangle completely disappear from sight at one point, while the larger triangle moved upwards very rapidly as the F-16s flew past." (http://en.wikipedia.org...) My source shows the people on the ground gave reports that matched the movements recorded on radar, hence, it could not be a case of the people not knowing what they saw or the radar malfunctioning, or these two reports would not agree. Keep in mind this is 13,500 people we are talking about. More than enough witnesses. Con also claims that the reports were not consitent, let him prove this. "I believe the most plausible explanation for these events is mass hysteria http://en.wikipedia.org...... exacerbated by the over-enthusiastic speculation of unscientifically minded individuals in it's aftermath." So let's get this straight; 13, 500 people all hallucinated seeing the same things, moving in the same places in the same way? And just by chance, the radar system of not one, but two F-16s malfunctioned in such a way that they corroborated or matched exactly what these people hallucinated? Yeah right? Of those 13, 500 people how does Con know none were scientifically minded? And in any case, why should one have to be a science wizz to know what one saw? Were that the case, then only scientists should be allowed to testify in court. These people were not suffering from some mass delusion; something really was in the sky that night and they saw it. As for pictorial evidence, its not like the aliens told us when they were coming to have our cameras ready. And many who had cameras ready probably didn't even get a good shot because of the tremendous speeds these things were darting away at, or were just too far, or didn't have a good vantage point to shoot from. And when someone claims he's got a picture of an alien ship he isn't really taken that seriously anyway. That's the bias of the world in which we live. "2) The fighter pilots who were dispatched never claimed to have seen any unusual objects in the sky" So nothing was out there right? What were all those people seeing? What was his radar picking up? How embarrassing it would be to be in the limelight when claiming to have seen a ufo? Many would want to know what it looked like. Had he seen it, it would take much courage to admit it. But for argument's sake lets agree that he didn't. So he was up there chasing a ghost? "and apparently believed the strange radar readings were the result of equipment failure." The link Con gave sent us to an article claiming it was atmospheric conditions that caused the F-16 to malfunction. First of all, these planes are built to withstand extreme weather; Con hasn't shown that the weather was "strange" that night in any case. Second, maintenance is done regularly on such planes. What's more, there were two F-16s that were scrambled that night. But its more probable that these guys needed an excuse for what their radar was picking up, and they needed to put the public to rest, and bring some rest to all those thousands who were hyped about the "ufo." "3) The majority of the descriptions of objects seen that night are a pretty good match for helicopters, triangular lights and all." Can a helicopter dart out of your sight at supersonic speed? "On three occasions they managed to obtain a radar lock for a few seconds but each time the targets changed position and speed so rapidly that the lock was broken. During the first radar lock, the target accelerated from 240 km/h to over 1,770 km/h while changing altitude from 2,700 m to 1,500 m, then up to 3,350 m before descending to almost ground level – the first descent of more than 900 m taking less than two seconds." (http://en.wikipedia.org...) Not to mention people on the ground were witnessing these maneuvers. No chopper could do this. I look forward to Con's reply.