That’s no excuse. These jets were doing a multi-agency testing operation to test out the new networking features for the jets sensors. Which means ships and satellites and other things were deployed in the area during the sighting in question.

I find it highly questionable during such a deployment only two jets in the same area (ie, the same light refraction area) saw the anomaly but nothing else did.

The entire point of these new networked systems is to have multiple sources to increase accuracy.

Additionally, satellites are always watching everything all the time. Multiple catch asteroids flying extremely fast all the time. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-asteroid-peril-isnt-science... (scroll down to see videos)