Is This an E.T.?

"It just doesn't make any sense. Who in their right mind would authorize shooting down three objects with sight winder missiles if you weren't absolutely convinced that it was totally benign and you were not going to be attacked, counter-attacked?" he asks. "What if this is a controlled time-release aspirin disclosure to set up the premise that there's folks out there, but they're a little dodgy," says Peter Bergen. 'I mean, look what happened after the NORAD general said we can't rule out E.T.'s'