The USAF reversed itself today and said they did have two fighters in the area. Presumably the two that were seen by dozens of witnesses chasing 'the object'.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... htm?csp=34
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FORT WORTH (AP) — Fighter jets were training nearby the night dozens of Stephenville-area residents reported seeing a UFO this month, Air Force Reserve officials said Wednesday, backtracking on earlier statements.
The announcement did little to satisfy residents of Texas dairy country who swear that what they saw in the sky Jan. 8 was no airplane. Some said it even bolstered their claims, because several people reported seeing at least two fighter jets chasing an object.
\"This supports our story that there was UFO activity in that area,\" said Kenneth Cherry, the Texas director of the Mutual UFO Network, which took more than 50 reports from locals at a meeting last weekend. \"I find it curious that it took them two weeks to 'fess up. I think they're feeling the heat from the publicity.\"
Officials at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth initially said none of their planes had been in the area, but on Wednesday they said 10 F-16s were there that day. The officials said they were mistaken and wanted to set the record straight \"in the interest of public awareness.\"
Maj. Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the base, declined to comment on the nature of the military training or say whether it took place on other days.
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