> Were the pilots reporting things seen with their eyes, or looking at imaging displays that have been processed
There are cases where multiple pilots are seeing an object with their eyes, while ship radar is picking it up, and also aircraft infra-red is picking it up at the same time. Multiple aircraft, multiple sensors, multiple sets of eyes.
Not only that, there is at least one case where a pilot engaged with the object, and the object responded with evasive maneuvers.
There are cases where multiple pilots are seeing an object with their eyes, while ship radar is picking it up, and also aircraft infra-red is picking it up at the same time. Multiple aircraft, multiple sensors, multiple sets of eyes.
Not only that, there is at least one case where a pilot engaged with the object, and the object responded with evasive maneuvers.